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Looking for a camcorder...
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ungawa222
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 Looking for a camcorder... ...as an Xmas gift for my son; would like to stay in the $500 or below range...any recommendations from my fellow 'brainers?
Thanks in advance!
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jawkdna
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I am a huge CANON fan -
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=173
For under $500 look at the bottom 3 under the title -
Single Chip CCD Digital Camcorders
They are $250 - $300
Great cams...
avoid cams that record straight to DVD as it really limits your editing capabilities...
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ungawa222
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Thanks, jawk!
Really helpful... 
Good to hear info about the direct-to-disc; he will be editing whatever he shoots on a pc (he's dyin' for a Mac...some time next year!)...
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khanate
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Canons are nice and Sony has always made ones with very good picture quality. Make sure you stick with MiniDV tape ones and not the Hard Disk based-ones...they're way too fragile. If your son is creative then try to get one with as many manual features as possible so he can experiment...
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