what is the best camcorder?

Mohamed Szollosi: here is news for you to digest. Megapixels, in the camcorder world, mean nothing - http://kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htmHD camcorders interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi port processor computer with the big 1GB Graphics card and a Sound card that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files these camcorders produce.Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry,! fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â€" four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their ! HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold! an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video.http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part1_camcorde...http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part2_connect_...http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcor......Show more

An Trebil: "Best" means different things to different people. Please be more specific. For example, some folks think "best" video quality and audio capture are important. In this case, low compression formats (DV/HDV, DVCPro/DVCPro HD, DVCAM/HDCAM - not high compression AVCHD) use! d by a camcorder with large lenses, large imaging chips, audio-in jack and manual audio gain control would be appropriate. These range anywhere from $2,000 to $40,000."Affordable" also means different things to different people. Entry-level, consumer grade camcorders start at around $200 for a pocket cam with small lenses and small imaging chip (resulting in poor low-light behavior) to the higher-end camcorders listed in the first paragraph.Video resolution in camcorders is measured in horizontal line count. 480 horizontal lines is standard definition. 720 or 1080 horizontal lines is high definition. Above this is "ultra high" definition. Megapixel count is used for digital still image capture.Suggestion for you:1) Set a budget.2) See what fits in that budget.3) If the cameras or camcorders in your budget do not do what you want, then the budget needs to be adjusted (likely up).Generally speaking, the typical tier 1 manufacturers - Canon, Sony, Panasonic, JVC - products wil! l have similar capabilities and qualities - that's why they are competi! tors in the same product space.If you prefer video, investigate camcorders. If you prefer stills, investigate still cameras. Each can do the other's function, but rather than "primary feature" the other function will be a "convenience feature"....Show more

Lu Snide: Sony is the best. u also have to think about the price range . i am telling u to what price u ask for having a best camcorder. i suggest u to visit the following web site:http://www.computervalley.ca/tv-media/cameras/digi...