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Question

Samsung H300 or Canon Vixia HF R20 (Best Overall)

Jun 16, 2011 5:02PM PDT

Both around the same price. i want to stay around 400 and under. Really need to make a decision on what camera to buy really soon

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Clarification Request
Forgot to mention...
Jun 16, 2011 5:10PM PDT

I couldnt find anything about time lapse, so i was wondering if any of you knew whether these had that capability.

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Time lapse can be done two ways...
Jun 17, 2011 2:38PM PDT

1) Take a series of stills - for example, at 10 second intervals.

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Answer
The infrared remote control
Jun 17, 2011 2:29PM PDT

is used to remotely control the camcorder if the camcorder is used as a playback device connected to a TV. The same sort of infrared remote control is used by many TVs so one can change channels, adjust the volume, etc. This has nothing to do with being able to record video in zero visible light - like the few Sony camcorders (outside your budget) that have "NightShot" mode (see the HDR-CX700.)

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okay,
Jun 17, 2011 4:23PM PDT

Thanks o:

@boya84: thanks for lettin me know

Also if anyone knows of these two cameras, which do you think is better? Then canon one or the samsungh300