Camera rental question.

Hi all,
If this is not the right place for this question, let me know....
I'm still trying to decide on which camera to buy; XL-H1 or HVX200P or XDCAM EX 1 HD. Until then, i thought i'd just rent two for an up coming dance show.
Has anyone heard of or had any experience with ZACUTO sales & rental (www.zacuto.com)?
They have some very nice rental/purchase/rent-to-own packages. It appears i can rent the XL-H1 or HVX200P but not the XDCAM EX 1 HD at this time.
Also, the dance show, obviously, will have dancers with a fair amount of motion. Assuming ZACUTO is a good place to rent, which camera should i use?

Although i understand the firestore is a portable camera mountable battery powered unit, At $1700 per 100gb firestore unit, i'd rather feed the XL-H1 tapes or record directly from either camera to my NLE.
There will be 5 dance shows throughout the day each lasting about 1.5 to 2 hours each. I'd have to bring an NLE or other computer to offload the firestore anyway - assuming i had enough time between shows.
I wonder if you can offload directly from the firestore to another higher capacity off-the-shelf firewire external drive ro use any firewire external drive directly with the HVX200.

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