I'd like to ebay a camcorder for my son's 20th birthday (July 15). Budget: low as possible without a disappointing result. My 3 kids and I have played with animation since they were really little on an old single-framing video recorder, and we'd like to get back to it. But, I don't know much about digital except to look for single framing capabilities. I started looking around, and quickly realized I don't know enough to make a sound decision. Any knowledge would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Virginia

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