I have been having a difficult time finding a relatively affordable ($250 and below) hard drive camcorder that has an external microphone jack. If possible, I would like it to be HD and have a reasonable zoom, but I would be willing to compromise the HD for all of the other components. Does this type of camcorder exist? Thanks in advance!

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