I Wanna Buy A Camcorder

[Surrey Singh]

WAHEGURUJIKKAKHALSAWAHEGURUJIKIFATEH

I am thinking about buying a camcorder, and was wondering if Sangat knew which company makes the best cameras (while still being affordable). Also, these days what is the best type of Camera to get in regards to type of film used/or disc used.

I want something not too pricey (about $700 canadian, give or take a few hundered). the biggest thing is image quality and automatic stabalization. Thank You .

[kurtas]

Mini DV

Firewire in/out (and through if you can find it)

3CCD if you can get it in your budget. I think these have seperate sensors for red, green and blue so the picture is good.

Get a good quality case.

Spare battery (if you can get the retailer to throw one in for free)

Dont be too concerned about the size of the camcorder. Them small pocket ones are nothing special.

Canons are reported to have problems with noise during recordings. JVC are not reliable (so I am told).

I like Pansonics. See how much you can get a Panny GS120 for. It used to get good marks in reviews.

Have a look at the Sony offerings as well.

Avoid those camcorders that write to dvd discs. It is hard to find full size dvd media

that is reliable let alone the 8 cm discs.

Forgot to add. Do try before you buy. Take your own Mini DV tape and try recording on the camcorders you like. Try zooming in and out, check the stability system by slight shaking and then review the recordings to see how they playback.

[Balwinder Singh]

I have panasonic GS15. Its working gr8 for me. Zoom and stabalizer is the coolest feature it has. It has gr8 picture quality also.

Also check out sony also.

[Pheena]

also look into the new HD Camcorders, if you are going to buy one to last a while, might as well buy one with new technology.

[Deg_Teg_Fateh]

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa! Vaheguru ji ki Fateh!!

We got the Sony one and its zoom and quality is just amazing. As for the discs, i find those really convenient with the dvd rws. ucan burn em right away. I find the touch screen really cool ( I dunno much bout techies lol) but everyone says its worth it.

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa! Vaheguru ji ki Fateh!!

[some singh]

wjkk wjkf sangat ji, surrey singh, camer wise i would get the Canon PowerShot IS. it is a very good camera. 5MP, and it has an image stabilizer, 12x optical Zoom. i own one and its nuts. it is a lil bulky but the photo quality is amazing. although it is kinda pricey( i got it for about $1100 a few months ago, and that includes 1gb sd mem. card, 4 AA Ni-MH batteries which are up to 2300mAH that includes a wikid charger) the camera is nuts. but it is really up to the buyer to see wut camera they really like that is according towards there needs. good luck. wjkk wjk

[disguised]

sony all teh way.... (nobody beats sony's colour quality)!!! :lol:

[some singh]

canon all daaaaa waaayyyyyyy. canons only main focus is on photoography. wwoooooooooooooo canon!!!!!!!!!

[navdeepsingh]

canon all daaaaa waaayyyyyyy. canons only main focus is on photoography.  wwoooooooooooooo canon!!!!!!!!!

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I think you're a little bit confused. Surrey Singh was looking for a camcorder, not a digicam.

[koonergs]

i bought a sony ps110e about a year ago it has a carl zeiss lense, this is probaly in ur price range now becuase i bought it for £1200 british pounds last year (so the price wouldve knocked down), but there are new HD camcorders by Sony so shop around!!