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Please Help, Need to buy new Cam soon

by TeddyMarcus Jul 9, 2009 3:46PM PDT

Hello All, I am going on vacation and need to bring a camcorder to capture all the good times. Alot of the videos are going to be taken in low light around lobby bars and late evenings. Also I will probably bring it to a few night clubs as well. So what I am asking is what are the top 3 camcorders for low light use?

Thank you in advance

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by chickenorfish Jul 9, 2009 11:17PM PDT

Sony HDR-XR500V, Canon HF S100, Panasonic HDC-TM300 in no order. the sony does have the infrared vision so if you dont mind a green tint it can see in very dark conditions

the Sanyo VPC-HD2000 blows them away in low light but that image stabilization is horrible, so i wouldnt recommend it unless youre using a tripod (doesnt sound like you are)

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