Do you bring a camcorder, what kind do you have?

[npmommie]

I have a sony that is 7 years old, it takes the small tapes, but isn't digital, its not real small either. so a pain to carry around.
i have a small digital point and shot camcorder, hubby got it for me last year, but it just recently broke
i loved it because it fit in my pocket and was easy to carry everywhere,
so lately i have just been using my digital camara to do video, but i am thinking of getting a camcorder...........but i don't want to spend a pile of money right now before we go to disney!
or i could get a bigger memory card for my camara and just use that, I am not sure what I want to do.

 

[BayouMouseketeer]

I recently invested in a Sony Handycam with hard drive memory and LOVE love love it! It holds 22 hours of video and I bought a 14 hour battery which is waaaayyy smaller than any camcorder battery I have ever had before. When I had the VHS-C, it was always so bulky so we kept it in the bag and by time we'd get it out we missed what we wanted to shoot, so I am so happy to have this compact camera this go round!

As for using the camera with a larger card, I would try it out at home to test the quality of the video. My digicam also does video but I have not been terribly impressed with the video quality though the pics are great!

 

[npmommie]

I recently invested in a Sony Handycam with hard drive memory and LOVE love love it! It holds 22 hours of video and I bought a 14 hour battery which is waaaayyy smaller than any camcorder battery I have ever had before. When I had the VHS-C, it was always so bulky so we kept it in the bag and by time we'd get it out we missed what we wanted to shoot, so I am so happy to have this compact camera this go round!

As for using the camera with a larger card, I would try it out at home to test the quality of the video. My digicam also does video but I have not been terribly impressed with the video quality though the pics are great!

yep thats the thing with doing the video with my camara, the quality is just ok.
the sony i have is a handycam too, but its not digital, but it always takes nice videos. its just i have all these little tapes to transfer somehow over to dvd......................maybe i will look for the type you have!

 

[hansel1]

I recently invested in a Sony Handycam with hard drive memory and LOVE love love it! It holds 22 hours of video and I bought a 14 hour battery which is waaaayyy smaller than any camcorder battery I have ever had before. When I had the VHS-C, it was always so bulky so we kept it in the bag and by time we'd get it out we missed what we wanted to shoot, so I am so happy to have this compact camera this go round!

As for using the camera with a larger card, I would try it out at home to test the quality of the video. My digicam also does video but I have not been terribly impressed with the video quality though the pics are great!

Which sony did you buy? I have been looking at the new hard drive sony's because they also use a Memory Stick Pro Duo for still images. Does yours take photos as well? I usally carry a sony digital camera, sony psp and sony U digital camera with me to disney. They all use MS Pro Duo cards so I'd like to stick with sony.

 

[npmommie]

Which sony did you buy? I have been looking at the new hard drive sony's because they also use a Memory Stick Pro Duo for still images. Does yours take photos as well? I usally carry a sony digital camera, sony psp and sony U digital camera with me to disney. They all use MS Pro Duo cards so I'd like to stick with sony.

I just saw this sony in the flyers, I am thinking of getting it.......its on sale for 190 at sears i believe, and 199 at circuit city.

 

[BayouMouseketeer]

I have the Sony Handy Cam DCR-SR42. I got it at Best Buy a couple of months ago and LOVE it!

Here it is:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8211534&type=product&id=1166235552112

 

[laxcdn]

I just bought a Panasonic H18. I tried a JVC and looked at the Sony, but the Panasonic is rated better than both.