Best Camcorders - true Color Viewfinder, 200 to 700 x Digital Zoom, 2 to 3 in. LCD Panel Size

'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.'

'It's similarly comfortable to hold, especially with the slight upward curve toward the back that makes the zoom switch and photo button easy to reach.'

'Colours were bright and accurate, while the 35mm wide-angle lens did a good job of keeping everything in shot.'

'The zoom switch has a nice feel and it's pretty easy to maintain a steady rate with it.'

'Huge 240GB hard disk'

'Audio capture was decent--more than adequate for casual shooters, but in the middle of the pack among the camcorders we tested.'

'Audio capture was decent; more than adequate for casual shooters, but in the middle of the pack among the camcorders we tested.'

'Good range of manual controls. '

'I’ve seen other camcorders that are built more user-friendly than the HDC-HS300, which has some hard-to-press buttons and a main zoom toggle that’s too small to use comfortably.'

'solid all-around performer'

'The Canon Vixia HG21 is an excellent HD camcorder that's reasonably easy to operate out of the box and looks good, too.'

'The overall video image quality is very high, and the features and usability are there.'

'great video and image quality'

'translucent black and burnt amber gradient color scheme'