Best Camcorders - SDHC Card Memory Card Type, true MPEG Movie Mode, With LCD Panel Display Type, 1 to * CCD Quantity, Digital Camcorder Type, 2 to 5 Hours Battery Life

'The quality is quite good, particularly indoors, there was little jarring noise.'

'the main zoom is large and the record button comfortably placed for the more traditional HandyCam posture.'

'nice, large zoom rocker switch'

'The new GZ-HM1 HD Everio offers a full slate of technologies to optimize picture quality and an array of manual controls for creative flexibility. '

'In addition to looking cool, the Sony DCR-SX43 is also impressively compact: it measures just 50x55x112mm and weighs 190g.'

'smooth performance'

'The CS1 is small enough to fit in a pocket, but has Full HD capability and a 10x optical zoom lens—two specs that aren't found on any of the Flip camcorders.'

'traditional candy bar-style design'

'The creamy white and black incarnation of the latest high definition Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 model remains desirably attractive and portable too at a weight of 188g with rechargeable lithium-ion battery and card inserted.'

'Images remained impressively sharp throughout testing, with detailed objects — such as overlapping leaves — exhibiting little digital smearing.'

'lovely large 2.7in display'

'Its main claim to fame is its 70x optical zoom lens, which is considerably more powerful than the average entry-level camcorder (most models offer an optical zoom of between 10x and 40x). '

'Crisp audio.'

'The C14 is very compact and lightweight at 5.7 oz with battery.'

'Video cameras using a memory card format are able to achieve an ultracompact design.'

'new ergonomic design'