Can anyone recommend me....?

Question

What is a decent small, affordable digital camcorder???

looking to spend under $200. The small the better for me.

Answer 1

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

DVD camcorders compress too much. The video - for editing - is terrible. If you never plan to edit the video on a computer or upload to YouTube or other similar service or have no plans to email the video, then you may be OK...

Hard drive and flash memory camcorders are better, but the video is still compressed a lot.

MiniDV tape camcorder provide best available quality. DV and HDV is the lease compressed which results in best video quality.

Canon ZR800...