Not sure if its relevant, but I’ve recently bought a camcorder. Had a budget of only £200 though.
From looking at whats available it seems there are 2 main types…”HD” at 1080 resolution & “MiniDV” at 720 resolution (Claimed DVD quality). There are then 3 types of recording system…hard drives, direct to DVD & on to memory cards.
“HD” camcorders seem to start around the £500 mark so out of my league. Given how cheap memory cards are nowadays I narrowed it down to a Mini DV type recording onto SDHC cards for about £200. I earmarked a few models, but then saw a JVC model on QVC (the shopping channel) for £136. Its been spot on. I also bought a 16gb card & it will record about 4hrs at its highest quality setting. Not had a chance to play around with the footage yet but it seems pretty good quality.
Hope it helps.
PT
