steelepulse Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I need to pick up a camcorder as the old one stopped working. Any recommendations or "don't buy this piece of junk" for the 10-12K budget. I'm just looking for an all around use basic camcorder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyh Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Might not be what you want but I bought a few months ago a Canon PowerShot SX20IS, this is a 12 MP still camera and that is the purpose I bought it for. However it does such a good job with video I don't bother with my video camera. Price was just a little over your budget but not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecottonmill Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 was your old camera a DV camera? And if so do you still need to be able to watch and edit the old tapes? If so I'd go for any of the old canon DV range - they're still great. If you're going for something more modern - hard disk based I'd go for the Canon or Sony camcorders. Both small, compact, great quality. My mum bought a panasonic - top of the line one a couple of years ago and it's fidgety and doesn't always get the best results in dim lighting. Stick with the Canon or Sony and you're on to a winner I'd say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Thanks for the info. Funny I went into powerbuy and the two cameras we looked at we went to buy and we got "sorry, have to order from bangkok", so they lost a sale. Ended up just buying more memory and will use the digital camera for video tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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