Best Camcorders - Touchscreen Display Type, 1 to 1.5 CCD Quantity

'sizable 3.5-inch screen'

'high quality recording'

'excellent high-end camcorder'

'It excels in low-light environments and it's also ideal for macro shooting.'

'Comprehensive enthusiast features.'

'Input/output terminals.'

'Images were really smooth with very few jagged edges and no visible pixellation.'

'huge zoom and superb image stabilisation'

'relatively healthy 12x optical zoom'

'The TM700’s on screen menu is fairly easy to navigate although it does require a bit of scrolling to get at some functions.'

'Good range of manual features.'

'Manual features.'

'Easy to copy files onto an external source, just drag/drop. '

'You press and hold the center button to select the dial's operation: manual focus, exposure compensation, aperture or shutter, mic level and automatic gain control limit--which caps the signal boosting in low light to minimize visual noise. '

'The new touchscreen system is intuitive and good for beginners, but we did find it a bit frustrating for navigating the camcorder's long menu system.'

'the display is clear and viewable even in quite bright conditions.'