Canon MD215

Canon MD101

I have always wanted a camcorder. Recently I have been very keen to purchase a DVD camcorder because the idea of recording direct onto DVD then playing it in a DVD player was amazing. It would be very expensive however to go with this option and I have been put off by the £300 - £500 for a decent camera price. The other reason I wanted a camcorder was because my digital camera although including a movie mode did not play continuous clips, by that I mean I film a shot, turn the camera off and need to film another shot they are not continuous. I have been hinting at various people for a camcorder but never really expected it due to the price. I was therefore very lucky ...

Canon MV960

it looking at areas of my body language - speech and display that could be tweaked and improved. Being desperate I took him up on the challenge and borrowed his Canon MV 960 - I understand that when he bought it the retail price was £365 but when I finally came to purchasing my own after being dazzled I found it much cheaper at £265 from the Pixmania website. Although I didn t do the filming on the first occasion - obviously I have now had the opportunity to take the camcorder on holiday with me - to family weddings and birthday celebrations and each time I found that the range of features has been out of this world although at first it is very fiddly to get to grips ...

Canon XL2

The Canon XL2 is the pro-sumer miniDV camcorder that is most often spotted on the sets of low budget and independent films. Not because it is a cheap option, but because for a fraction of the cost of a professional rig, you can deliver the same results. SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT SPECS: 1/3" Progressive Scan 3CCD image sensor PAL & NTSC versions available TTL Autofocus and Manual focus ring 20x optical zoom Min focus distance 20mm on wide macro Min illumination 60i, 1/60 shutter speed = 5.5lux Filter Diameter 72mm Viewfinder 2.0 inch TFT colour LCD (200,000 pixels) Microphone stereo electric condenser plus 2xXLR ports Total Pixels 16:9 460,000 (962x480), 4:3 ...