Camcorder - any advice please?

froggy27_2

Hope you guys -who unlike me knows about techie stuff- can help. I would like to buy a digital camcorder as i think it will be nice to capture those funny moments my 2yr old comes up with.. soon it will be too late!! But could you please tell me what i should look at.. ie specs, megs, dvd etc .(all this is so complicated!). another thing, i can't really spend too much on it.. under 100gbp... i saw some on ebayer but are they any good? or anywhere else i could look at.
thanks a lot in advance...

Lord_Chris

i have one of ebay which me and my mates use to film our stupid little stunts, and these are being filmed from a distance and are fine. My camcorder was 85 quid from ebay. If all your doing is recording your kid, you'll be fine with almost any low grade camcorder.

froggy27_2

thanks for that. I shall have a look at ebay.. yeah mainly filming family stuff/holidays really nothing too demanding....well i shall try and understand what's what in the specs list!!!.

shown73

Have a look at the "Canon Outlet" on E-Bay. You may have to search a bit, but it's there. You can by a refurbished camcorder at a very good price with full back-up and guarantee, which would not necessarily be the case with everyone on E-Bay! The actual number of camcorders for sale tends to vary, but patience will be rewarded. Canon are not bad at all, quite a good reputation, and this is an official site, as far as I know.

Garetha

What about the movie option on a digital camera? With a reasonable sized memory you can record quite a long video.

davilown

froggy27 wrote:

Hope you guys -who unlike me knows about techie stuff- can help. I would like to buy a digital camcorder as i think it will be nice to capture those funny moments my 2yr old comes up with.. soon it will be too late!! But could you please tell me what i should look at.. ie specs, megs, dvd etc .(all this is so complicated!). another thing, i can't really spend too much on it.. under 100gbp... i saw some on ebayer but are they any good? or anywhere else i could look at.
thanks a lot in advance...

I just bought a samsung mini dv (model no. VP-D351) from amazon for £109 as a catelogue unused return. It would be perfect for what you need

:beer: monster

froggy27_2

thanks so much for advice. I've had a look at Canon outlet... and will be checking it often. their printer are really good price!
as far as Amazon, how do you find the catalogue return please?
thanks again