What is the best type of digital camcorder to buy?

Question

im looking into buying one of those little digital camcorders. what should i be looking for when getting one?

Answer 1

Depends on what you want to film and why

Answer 2

Nikon D40

The 6.1 effective Megapixel Nikon D40 camera body

F3.5 - 5.6, 18 - 55 mm Mk II Nikkor DX zoom lens

EN-EL9 lithium-ion rechargeable battery(http://www.espow.ca/digital-camera-batte...

Battery charger

Body cap

Eyepiece cap

Shoulder strap

USB cable

CD-ROMs featuring Nikon PictureProject

125 page camera manual (printed)

The D40 is sold with a lens (no body only kit yet), and you'll find a brand new second generation 18 - 55 mm lens in the box. Taking the D40's 1.5X focal length conversion into account, the kit lens has the field-of-view of an 27 - 82.5 mm lens. Overall I was pretty happy with this lens, though it has a bit of a problem with purple fringing. I'll have much more on photo quality later in the review.

The D40 doesn't come with a memory card, so you'll need to pick one up if you don't have one already. The camera supports both SD and the newer SDHC cards, which currently top out at a whopping 8GB. I don't think you need a card quite that large -- I'd start out with 1GB myself. Spending a little more for a high speed card is a good idea.

Nikon came up with a new battery when they created the D40, and it's called the EN-EL9. This battery has 7.4 Wh of energy, which is pretty good these days.

Answer 3

It'd be nice if it was more specific. but don't go for Sony, if anything. All of their cameras are HQ and really expensive.