Any experts on camcorders? looking for a good mini-dvd camcorder?

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HI, i am looking for a good mini dvd camcorder.. so many choice - i am lost.  Price is not the most important issue here.  Do I need 3 ccd.. Is it that much better than 1 ccd?  our of 3 ccd cameras which one would you recommend (brand).. Anyone knows if leica-dicomar lens are any good?  I looked at panasonic vdr-d300 vs vdr-d310.. the only difference is the leica-dicomar lenses and better image stabilizer.. Will I ever notice any difference?  I will use this for home videos but I rally want to have as good of quality as I can afford.. Thanks

wto605 · Accepted Answer

I've never been a fan of Mini-DVD's because they can fail easily and new media is expensive.

For your purposes you don't need a 3CCD and a 1CCD looks just fine (anything will look better than VHS).

Stabilizers do make a world of difference if it is actually a physical lens stabilizer, software stabilizers (generally referred to as some sort of "technology") do a bit but if the price difference is great don't bother with it.

If you have a Mac I would say you're an absolute fool to use a mini-dvd recorder and STRONGLY urge you to get a mini-DV or HDD camcorder. If you don't have a mac to download the movies (eaisly) you will still get better quality playing of the DV tapes, but DVD's aren't going to kill the quality by any means.

Any experts on camcorders? looking for a good mini-dvd camcorder?

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