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Choosing the best value camcorder

by DGev Apr 24, 2005 4:58AM PDT

Hi,
My wife is due soon and I need some help deciding on the best camcorder for us.
As a budget buyer apparently you need to choose between investing in a 3CCD camera and higher effective mega pixels resolution. Which is more important and would affect better on the quality? Another question is regarding Sony Camcorder Handycam DCR-PC350 and does it actually worth spending $1200 on assuming that it?s small size does not really important to me.
In general I?m looking for camcorder that would be the best for home video movies. At the moment I?m pondering between the new Panasonic PV-GS250, the Canon Optura 60 and if it that good and worth the different, the Sony Handycam DCR-PC350

Any advice will be highly appreciated.
Thanks

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Choosing the best value camcorder

by jcrobso Apr 25, 2005 2:29AM PDT

3CCD cameras do have as good a low light specs as the ohter cameras. So If low light is a requirement keep this in mind. Also get a camera with big optical zoom ratio. some of the realy small camers are hard to hold, go to a store and try out a few. John

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