What should I look for in buying a good but affordable camcorder and where's the best place to buy it? Ebay?

Question

I would like to make good (though amateur) movies. Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Here ya go:

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/de...

With a 1 year warranty which you won't get with 2nd hand Ebay stuff.

Answer 2

There are tons of places online to buy a good camcorder. Figure out which one you want and then search for it online for the best price.  (I often look at CNET.com for editors choices and user reviews to help me select something or find a buying guide if I just want to figure out what to look for...http://www.homemedias.info/buycamcorder....

You can shop on e-bay, amazon, best buy, circuit city, or others.

Answer 3

ebay is good, but you need to be a smart buyer, knowing how to sift through the sellers.

make sure you buy a camera with an LCD display.

watch out and look for:

as is

no returns

all sales final

refurbished

excessive negative seller feedback

dealers

and the all known too well, "if it sounds too good to be true".

research the model number on google or yahoo, and do your homework.  wait for the last minute to bid, (last 15 seconds) or you will bid against yourself.

a private seller offering a return of 7 days will be good, all you lose is the shipping 2x if the cam is a lemon.

look out for fake cameras going cheap, I saw 1 for sale today, a china sony copy!      the link is below.

BTW, I am a professional buyer!

Answer 4

You can buy it from Amazon,cheaper than anywhere alse:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i...

Hope that can help you/.

Answer 5

http://www.epathchina.com/digital-camcor... you could have a look, maybe you could find a good one!

Answer 6

Unless you know what you're buying I'd avoid Ebay. what isn't 2nd hand is often a 'grey' import and you have no support or comeback...

Also I'd DEFINITELY avoid foreign sellers who can't even string a sentence together in English. There's no guarantee that what you would get from them would even be suited to this country's mains voltage for charging or TV system for display....

A good Mini-DV camera would be my choice and the one TallPaul pointed out is a good choice.

Answer 7

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