Hi all, Im possibly looking for a new camcorder. I have a miniDV one thats about 10 years old but does the job, but it is rather heavy. Im toying with the idea of replacing it with something more lightweight. I have confused myself silly browsing all the review sites and camera sites over the weekend, with all the special tricks the camcorders do now (like panasonics 3 second prerecord) and am stuck. I dont like fiddling with the tapes and have no way of recording them onto a DVD at mo so i dont view them often. we are off on holiday with the kids and i want something fairly robust but light. Id like one with a viewfinder if possible, not just the screen. full HD isnt essential though we do have a 1080p tv a decnt array of automatic adjustments and good optical zoom would be good too
We use a JVC Everio one, not sure of the model number and it is excellent. It records straight to it's hard drive meaning you can have upto 36 hours without having to fiddle about.