What are the best prosumer camcorders at entry level price using SD or digital cards instead of MiniDV please?

There are a few factors you will need to consider when you make a decision on the camera that you are looking at purchasing, primarily the best choice is usually what you have had luck with in the past, if you have had a particular model in the past which has been good, stick with it in the sense of the newer model available for the particular choices. If money is no object or factors less determined in the consideration buy a Sony or a canon, these two choices are best for the optical side of the choices available; these models have good optics in the optical zoom sides of things and equally good systems in place to drive the high end optics. Additionally another factor for consideration is the technology in general available , I would tend to point you in the direction of hdd or sd (hc) hybrid camera’s as a choice due to the amount of recording you can do without the worry of tapes additionally with this in consideration of a media to use , another factor for hard drive or SD (hc) is that you will not have to worry about battery consumption as much and generally they have less moving parts and things which drain batteries , and less wear on heads lasers and other things which tend to make lives of camera’s in general harder , another point is dv and mini DVD media have less room on the media , and usually have limited means to remove the media from the device. If you have a good budget of around $1000 look at the Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder (http://www.dvconfidential.com/non-video/best-consumer-hd-camcorder-under-1000 ) Or the Sony Handycam HDR-SR12 (http://www.retrevo.com/samples/Camcorders-around-%241000.html ) JVC and other well known models should be considered if you are looking for cheaper models , but expect more problems possibly down the track , and Sony handy cams are a good choice for mid range budgets. Finally the best choices for the lower end would be the any of the svp T-series. (http://www.svpcam.com/ )

Check out Abt Electronics. They have a good selection of camcorders. http://www.abt.com/category/8/Camcorders.html