I would purchase the DCR DVD 403(2005 model) which is on sale at reduced prices or the DCR DVD 405 or 505 models (2006) The 105 and 305 are lower end models and will not perform as well as the 403,405 or 505 model. The bigger the CCD usually the better the performance the models mentioned 105-305 use a smaller 1/5 CCD and the 403(probably your best value) 405 and 505 use a 1/3 inch CCD. Hope this imput helps.
I am traveling to Alaska in June. I wanted to purchase a Mini DVD camcorder. I was looking at the Sony DCRDVD105 and the Sony DCRDVD305 models. They have not been reviewed yet! Does anyone have any experiece with either of these? Any pros and cons? Is the DVD format better than the tapes? I am new to camcording. Any advice would be appreciated!

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