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I need a good HD camcorder in a reasonable price range.

Best HD Camcorder for Price?

  • I was looking for a very high quality camera for this price range. Anything that is under $300. I know it is hard to find a amazing camera for this small price range, but that is why I am looking for the best in this range. Note that I am in no need for something that is easy to carry around, it will mainly stay indoors all the time. The things I am looking for are: 1080p Auto-Focus Good sound quality Can focus well with close-up objects Built-in light (If it doesn't have it, that is fine)

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    i bought JVC GZ-HM300 camcorder for my vacation and im so glad i did. we recorded our whole vacation in 720p and when we played it on our 1080p tv at home it was breathtaking. this camcorder has captured some wonderfull moments of my life and makes them as perfect as they could be. its very easy to use since its so light and the features work great that we actually bought two more. simply amazing, just buy it.

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Try the Insignia NS-DV1080P it has everything your looking for and it's only $120

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The Camileo X100 is one of a growing number of low cost traditional camcorders offering 1920 x 1080p video recording. The Camileo X100's most immediate competition comes from other budget 1080p models like DXG's A80. While the A80 is a full $100 cheaper, it has a shorter zoom lens (5x vs. 10x), no internal memory and fewer features than the X100. That said, the video quality from the A80 is superior to the X100.

The flip slide HD works, and since their recently out of business, they're cheap. Or you can try the Sony Bloggie. Theres even the 3D version for your budget.

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Before you run out and buy a Flip, view this please http://youtu.be/MfYNyiBSbRk 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 – 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. With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes. You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a Mic jack. You need a firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder. And for better videos, turn out focus off. Lights, visit this page to see my light setup

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