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hi david, i think you will be happy with the l1\l2. i do wish mine had less of a red bleed problem, and the picture was as sharp as the vx3 probably is. i noticed when i shot a room full of people at the beauty trade show in san diego that the sharpness just wasn't there. this camera just doesn't seem to like floruescent lighting and large scale pictures with a ton of detail. it performs somewhat better outside in natural light. overall i am very happy with these cameras, and i would do it all over again if i had to. there is still nothing out there anywhere near this price that fits my sports videography needs. the manual audio is great, although i haven't really figured out how to seperately adjust left and right channels. there are seperate knobs, but they seem to be locked together. i would not bother with the eos adaptor, unless you have a very specific need for an absolutely giant long range lens. i have read that there are limitations using these lenses, i believe things like motor zoom noise or manual functions only were some of the problems here. in fact, if you are looking for the 250 mm lense, i would be interested in selling mine. it is a beautiful lens, but manual only and with a small depth of field. great for private eye work or nature videography where the subject is not moving fast towards or away from you. bad for a drag strip where the cars are going 150 mph! the wide angle lens is excellent, and does not flare hardly at all. this is more important than it sounds. a partner of mine got the predecessor to the tr-700 (can't think of the number, it was a great little camera), and we went out and researched the best wide angle screw-in lens we could find. it did not come with a lens hood, and it flared like mad. we made up a lens hood and it helped, but it still was a junk solution compared to the quality canon lens. most people don't appreciate the difference a good lens makes… this flare problem with the sony was major when using the steadycam. it was so bad, in fact, he sold the whole rig because it did not work for our real estate projects. the l1\l2 works on the steadycam, but it is an armful and it takes plenty of practice. lastly, i would recommend not bothering with the 8x lens either. get the 2x adaptor and the wide angle lens and you will be covered for nearly any shooting situation that comes up… dan