Thank you, gentlemen....
Regarding Canon's new entry, the XL H1, I would love that cam, but I would also prefer to keep my genitals intact, which they would not be if I bought that cam and my wife found out how much I spent.....
I still want to know--- Shooting in SD, will I achieve better results with ANY of the aforementioned cams (one would think so) than I get on my little 3 CCD Panasonic 250?
I appreciate Mr. Greenfield's position that the world is headed toward HD, but in two years I won't have a problem buying another cam. Question is, which cam to buy TODAY?! As I said, I intent on delivering my content on SD initially, so I am trying to figure out if it is worth it to shoot in HD, downconvert to SD, and retain the original for the future. The content that I shoot has a long "shelf life", so to speak.
Again, my budget is five grand max..... A question for the two of you: If you had $5k and had to buy a cam today, what cam would you buy?