loud, you will need some sort of manual audio control. Without manual audio control, you will be relying on the camera's auto audio gain. When the audio is loud, there is a high risk that the auto audio gain will be overwhelmed resulting in very muddy audio being recorded. Also, when REALLY loud, it will "peak" resulting in static being recorded. These audio recording problems cannot be fixed later.
Some low-end Sony and Canon camcorders have a simple "normal" or loud audio toggle in the menu. MicRefLevel or Mic Attenuator, respectively. Better camcorders have a 12-14 step manual audio gain control and prosumer and above have a thumbwheel control.
I do not believe any of the cameras on your short list have any sort of manual audio control.
You could also pick whichever camera or camcorder you want and get the audio with an external "audio field recorder" with manual audio control. Zoom, M-Audio, Edirol, Tascam and many others make these. As was pointed out to me a few weeks ago, Zoom has one - with a camera included (though small lens and imaging chip likely will result in poor low light behavior for video recording.
Hey
I'm looking to buy a new camera/camcorder for concerts. SO I need something that can record good audio (I'm not sure how to tell if its good or not) and good picture quality.
I was looking at the Flip Video's or the Kodak Pocket camcorder and they look quite good - but how do you think that compares to cameras like the Panasonic ZS7 or the Sony HX5.
Can anyone give me some suggestions of what to look for for quality (in video and audio - apart from resolution) or if you have good experiences with one or the other.
I'm kinda leaning towards the Panasonic option just because of the zoom capabilities that the pocket cams lack
Any help would be great!

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