Digital Camcorders

[xtreme]

Anyone Know if theres any half decent digital camcorders about that arnt too expensive. i dunno what specs im looking for in a camcorder. its just so i can record Drag racing at events. it will only be used like 10 times a year so i dont wanna spend 100s and 100s of pounds on one.

i found this. 12 mp sounds good to me but im used to using my phone with a huge 2mp camera. all these other numbers confuse me.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Digital-Video-Camera-Camcorder-12MP-Camera-HC700-2GB_W0QQitemZ150230093910QQihZ005QQcategoryZ11724Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Digital-Video-...QQcmdZViewItem

(Message edited by xtreme on April 01, 200

[xtreme]

aww no help from no 1. im well sad now i might cry

[typhoon_driver]

Biggest bit of advice I can give you is to not buy on ebay. There is a reason they are so cheap. Cant even see the make of that camera. Will probably break down after a few events etc. The old phrase you get what you pay for still applies today.

[dmac]

You can get some good bargains on Ebay, but as gary said you gets what you pays for always buy name brands.

A good digital camcorder will cost!!, be better buying a good SVHSc one and a decent computer interface. not quite as convenient, but better quality

[xtreme]

im thinking of going for this.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-VIVITAR-DVR-7300X-DIGITAL-VIDEO-CAMCORDER-RRP-225_W0QQitemZ160225674634QQihZ006QQcategoryZ11724Q QrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQ cmdZViewItemhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-VIVITAR-DV...R-RRP-225_W0QQ itemZ160225674634QQihZ006QQcategoryZ11724QQrdZ1QQs sPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638. m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
anyone know if there any good at all? or could i get a beter for around this price? like the canon mv890 or somthing? i realy dont have a clue about camcorders. i just wanna record racing with sound and transfer it to my pc.

[dmac]

Wouldnt bother with any Multifunctional device, they dont do anything well, if you want a digital Camcorder, buy one of the cheap ones at Jessops, the do useable mini DV ones from about £150.00.
None of the ones that take Card Memory are any good, just toys really, there are some Phones now that will give you as good quality.


DaveMac

[typhoon_driver]

Tom,

A quick 2 minute search came up with this one,

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/377660/SONY-DCR-HC27/tab/specificationhttp://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/pro.../specification

Its sony so you know the quality will be there. The figures that are important are the battery life (nearly 2 hours, not bad), the optical zoom (x20, cant see you needing more) and it has all the outputs you will need along with a touchscreen.

I am not recommending this model specifically but the majority of the numbers quoted for cameras are useless rubbish that you never use.

I would advise you to pick a few models in your price range and then search for reviews on google.

(Message edited by typhoon_driver on April 07, 200