Anybody up to camcorder tech?

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Anybody up to Camcorder tech? I use to love doing this and DSLR in the early 2000s. But never got back into it. I just gotten myself some flashlights and planning a camping trip. Just wondering if there’s any people here who are into it too?

ATM I’m looking at 2 cameras. Panasonic HDC-SD600k and Sony CX-210.

I really like the zoom feature As it’s almost as good as my old panasonic from 2002 with 15x optical zoom and 2x digital. Sony doesn’t really make much hi-tech features on items nowadays like they did in the past but their mainstream stuff is pretty good for the casual user. I think the camcorder I quoted doesnt’ do full 1080p/60 but interlaced 30?

Sample video of the zoom really bought me.

pardon the wind noise and please feel free to recommend other camcorders or rebuttals.

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Most digicams these days offer HD video, and much better stills quality.

Unless you’re only into video editing, just get a normal camera with good video quality (panasonic is good). Mirrorless “SLR”s like the sony nex and some 4/3 cameras offer MUCH better low light video than camcorders at a moderate price, ~500.

IMO, consumer camcorders are going the way of the dodo, and the ones I see surviving are the prosumer $1k ones (which are basically mirrorless slrs with video-specific profile) that can do near-pro level stuff for an accessible price.