Best Camcorders - 1.15 to 3 lb. Weight, true MPEG Movie Mode, 0 to 2 Hours Battery Life

Camcorders Weight: 1.15 to 3 lb. MPEG Movie Mode: true Battery Life: 0 to 2 Hours

11 Sony 5 Canon 5 Jvc 5 Panasonic

4 8 to 64 GB 3 64 to 500 GB

3 0 to 1 MegaPixels 12 1 to 3 MegaPixels 7 3 to 8 MegaPixels 4 8 to 80 MegaPixels

24 0 to 13 x 3 13 to 24 x

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Sony Handycam HDR-PJ710V
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One of the best low light performances

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iimpressive little projector with the camcorder.
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Sony HDR-PJ790V
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Sony Handycam HDR-PJ760V
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Spendy, but worth every cent.

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Audio and visual quality is astounding.

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Connectivity options are plentiful

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Wind noise reducer
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JVC GC-PX10
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Shoots great HD video

Excellent video quality

Extensive enthusiast features

Very good photos (both need lots of light)
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Canon VIXIA HV40
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'new Custom Key button'

'The lens is very similar to the HV30 with spectra coating (to reduce flare and ghosting), aspheric design, but adds a neutral density (ND) filter to improve performance in bright environments.'

'astonishing high definition detail and color reproduction'
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Sony HDR-HC9
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'novice-friendly Easy button'

'The lighter-colored noise in the Sony is more apparent to the eye.'

'Good selection of outputs including USB2.0, Firewire, Component, HDMI.'

'nice little lens hood'
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Hitachi DZ-BD70E
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'8cm BD-RE discs for recording can be frustrating.'

Price is rather steep

Records to Blu-ray discsViewfinder and accessory shoe
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Hitachi DZ-BD70A
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'the DZ-BD70A suffers from some unfortunate problems, mostly with the surprisingly poor picture quality.'
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JVC Everio GZ-HD3
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'performance, and image quality didn't live up to its high price tag.'

'lack of a viewfinder'

'high price'

'The JVC GZ-HD3 is a good choice for the low end Prosumer.'
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JVC GR-SXM38
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'The Super VHS ET mode lets you take those high resolution videos using any VHS-C tape'

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