Best Camcorders - LP Recording Speed, 2 to 5 Hours Battery Life, 2 to 3 in. LCD Panel Size

'Nice compact design.'

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

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

'Smart Auto essentially enables low light mode in poor illumination, although a macro mode will also appear when appropriate.'

'Because of the lens placement, you don't have the hold the camcorder up to your face as you do with traditional camcorders, so there's less strain on your arm. '

'capacious SD/SDHC flash storage cards'

'As is usually the case nowadays, video can be edited on the camera and uploaded directly to YouTube -- perfect for capturing those embarrassing v-blogs before you sober up and your social filter kicks in.'

'quality is high'

'pretty solid performer'

'pretty solid performer'

'minimalist design'

'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.'

'Supports manual focus'

'hybrid movie recording'

'Pros Superb video and stills.'

'revolutionary and highly-stylish, vertical pistol-grip design'

'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'