Camcoders

[Daninku]

Hi guys, I am currently looking to buy one for my father. The problem is that I never had one so I don't know what features to look for. So I need some guidance. If you had to ask me about the usage, my answer would be that he will use it to capture family vids nothing major.

Thanks guys. Looking forward for your replies.

[Daninku]

Any help?

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

I don't know a particular model to recommend, but if you list your price range that will be fine. Also what recording medium your father would prefer? Tape/SD card/DVD/Hard Disk based.

As a general tip, pay very good attention to optical zoom, it's much important than digital zoom, since it does not affect picture quality.

[panicswitched]

ive been happy with my sony handy cam dcr-sr42

decent amount of features and options the part i love is it has a built in harddrive so no memory stick or tapes or cds to deal with just plug it in to my pc and i have avi files that anything so far has been able to open

[Daninku]

Most probably he will transfer the vids onto DVDs rather than on the PC, since he doesn't have any ideas of computers. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Tape/SD cards/DVDs and HDD based camcoders?