What is a good digital camcorder?

Q. what is a good digital camcorder for under 300 bucks? that records good quality. give me some brands thanks. oh and that takes pictures too.
all i want it for is to record stupid videos to put up like on youtube.com and stuff like that nothing for professional recording or anything just to mess around with and catch stupid stuff on cam.

A. In General the best Digital Camcorder in the market is SONY. They have a lot of very good models. Then comes Panasonic, Cannon, JVC etc
Go to best buy.com and you will find selection under $300, but mostly Samsung & JVC.
If you are going to just use it every now and then, then go for JVC better than Samsung, but for sure think about the SONY.

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What's an affordable camcorder to film hunts?

Q. My brother and I are planning on filming our hunting trips this upcoming fall. Looking for a good quality camera for under $300. Must have high zoom capability (optical) and preferably water proof (resistant).

One that I am interested in is the sony handycam DCR-DVD650, any input on this model will be helpfull.

A. You may want to get something that is not a DVD or HDD (Hard Disk Drive) cam which are subject to failure should the camera be dropped or abruptly jolted. And HDD drives can fail at high altitudes. DVD cams are not easy to access (edit) your final video on disk (you have to use a ripper program). Also moving drives use more battery consumption. For going out in the field on a hunt, you would want to use a flash memory camcorder. Some are dual-flash which can record your video on internal memory or to a memory card. A cam that would work for you in your budget would be something like the Canon VIXIA HF R100. It records in HD to memeory cards. It has a 20x optical zoom.

$279.00 (amazon.com)

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