What is the best digital camcorder lens for videos and picture?

Question

I decided to buy a camcorder, but I have trouble deciding which is the best Lens for digital video camcorder and the brand. I need your expert help to me to choose the rigth camcorder.

Please tell me out of your own experience.

What type of camcorder is the best ?

What type of lens is the best?

Which brand camcorder last long?

What to look out for new camcorders.

Answer 1

with consumer camcorders, you take the lens that comes with the camera. professional video cameras that offer replaceable lenses do not take still pictures, that is a marketing "feature" of consumer grade cameras only. Pro gear uses large format ccd's, often 2/3 inch size, so a 16x lens is a pretty hefty piece of glass. Consumer 1/6 inch ccds can be fitted with a cheap 40x short focal length lens as no big deal. The most common manufacterers of pro-mount video lenses are Fujinon and Canon.