Thanks SMHarman. Wish I'd got the canon yesterday. Dixons put the price back upto £400 today
Can still get it for £360 but £45 more then yesterday. My main concern with the Canon as you say was the tape transport noise, I had wondered if it was possible to fit an external mic and solve it. Does it extend out far out of interest ? I think my folks want it to be kinda small, not sure they want this massive boom extending out the front
