Panasonic SDR-H20

I bought one of these as our first ever camcorder and overall i'm very happy with it. It cost about £200 new at the time and although it's not "top of the range" by any means, it's still a good little piece of kit. It has a 32x optical zoom which isn't bad for it's size and also has a built in Optical Image Stabilizer which reduces camera shake. This comes in particularly handy when you're zooming in, and also helps with fast moving subjects when you're trying to keep up with the action. The battery life is quite good and seems to last at least 4 hours at a time, might even be a bit more, and also recharges really quickly. The ...  Read the complete review

This is the first HDD camcorder i have owned and i was hugely impressed! The camcorder has a 30gb hard drive which on the very best quility is about 13hrs recording time. If thats not enough time you can always put a SD memory card in for extra space but you have to switch where your recording using the great easy to use menu. The video playback on the fold out screen is fantastic you also use the screen when taking pictures or recoding videos. The camcorder can take pictures but these arent that great. There perfectly fine for sending in e-mails due to there small size but not great for printing out. The camcorder has a optical image stabilizer so ...  Read the complete review