Amateur Filmmakers
For the budding documentarian or cinematic artist, you need a high quality camcorder with plenty of manual controls and imaging options. Art filters, alternate frame rates, independent aperture and shutter speed, gain limits… if you know what these things mean and you know that you want them, then these are the camcorders for you. Here’s our list of the top picks for excellent performance and control.
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£966.501Canon Legria HF S21
Canon's new flagship model, the HF S21, has a lot of exciting new features and controls. Its 64GB of internal flash memory, two SD/SDHC memory card slots, and the touchscreen LCD make the HF S21 one of the most appealing camcorders of 2010. Read full 17-part review
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£764.952Panasonic HDC-TM700
As the update to Panasonic's 300-series, the expectations for the Panasonic HDC-TM700 are high.. Read full 16-part review
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£700.843Canon LEGRIA HV40
The Canon LEGRIA HV40 is an HDV camcorder, which records in MiniDV format. MiniDV isn't really the sleekest and newest technology out there, but there are still adherents to tape-based recording and the HV40 is one of the few HDV models on the market. Read full 17-part review
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4Sony HDR-CX550VE
Sony's flagship 2010 model, the HDR-CX550V, is a larger camcorder than its predecessor, but it is loaded with a wide angle lens, new manual controls, and stronger performance. . Read full 16-part review
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5JVC Everio GZ-HM1
Other than a new silver paint job, JVC's newest flagship model, the Everio GZ-HM1, looks exactly like its predecessor, the GZ-HM400. JVC's biggest alteration comes in the form of a back-illuminated CMOS sensor that did wonders in improving the low light performance of this new model. Read full 16-part review
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£289.996Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2000
Sanyo managed a minor miracle with the Xacti VPC-HD2000. Although the company isn't generally considered to be a top-tier manufacturer, the HD2000 held its ground in our performance tests against models from competing companies like Sony, Canon, and Panasonic. Read full 17-part review
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Features
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Video Editing Software For Your Camcorder
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Camcorderinfo.co.uk Select Awards 2009
It’s time once again for our annual CamcorderInfo select awards. Each year, we honor the camcorders that really rise above the rest during our review process. The camcorders you’ll read about below have all survived a battery of tests—tests that are designed to give every camcorder fair and equal treatment. These models have also been carefully compared to the competition. Read More...
