SANYO CG65 Xacti Digital Movie Camcorder in silver

I do not have great experience with video cameras, but the quaity of video is certainly not lacking. The sound from the internal mic is great. It even has image stabilization - which I certainly appreciate and hadn't even considered as useful. I use it on max. quality which gets about 75min on 2Gb. There is a full res setting that increases compression too. You can take stills from the video at a low resolution (640 x 480 I think - still look fine though), or you can push the 'photo' button to take a much higher quality still whilst recording video, or you can take very high res stills in camera mode. The stills are as good as any other point-and-shoot as far as I can tell (that is to say, very good). Has a genuine optical zoom too. It is only slightly larger than a mobile phone or an average stills camera - it fits in a trouser pocket or handbag easily. One button for video, one button for stills, one button for 'view photos/videos' and a joystick for the menu/navigation functions. Very easy to use. Has a very quick start-up when you flip open the view finder (does not have a 'window' style view finder). Has a plastic main body with a metal view finder section - feels good and solid. The battery charges very quickly (15 mins-ish) too, and seems to last pretty well. I bought it to take video of our new baby and now we don't need our 3-year old digital camera any more. The ONLY thing I would like added is a variable zoom speed, other than that it does everything I want, AND it is a very good stills camera. I would certainly recommend it highly to anyone who was looking to buy a good priced video camera of any technology.

I do not have great experience with video cameras, but the quaity of video is very high, especially on a sunny day. The sound from the internal mic is great. It even has image stabilization - which I certainly appreciate and hadn't even considered as useful. I use it on max. quality which gets about 75min on 2Gb. There is a full res setting that increases compression too. You can take stills from the video at a low resolution (640 x 480 I think - still look fine though), or you can push the 'photo' button to take a much higher quality still whilst recording video, or you can take very high res stills in camera mode. The stills are as good as any other point-and-shoot as far as I can tell (that is to say, very good). Has a genuine optical zoom too. It is only slightly larger than a mobile phone or an average stills camera - it fits in a trouser pocket or handbag easily. One button for video, one button for stills, one button for 'view photos/videos' and a joystick for the menu/navigation functions. Very easy to use. Has a very quick start-up when you flip open the view finder (does not have a 'window' style view finder). Has a plastic main body with a metal view finder section - feels good and solid. The battery charges very quickly (15 mins-ish) too, and seems to last pretty well. I bought it to take video of our new baby and now we don't need our 3-year old digital camera any more. The ONLY thing I would like added is a variable zoom speed, other than that it does everything I want, AND it is a very good stills camera (it also works as a very high quality webcam). I would certainly recommend it highly to anyone who was looking to buy a good priced video camera of any technology.