Looking to buy an HD camera

[Steve Polley]

First off, tried to use the search function but it appears everything before the new vbulletin update is unsearchable for some reason.

Anyway, these are the 2 options that I have been looking at. Im leaning towards the Panasonic TM700 over the Canon Vixia HF S200 because of the features and low light capability. Was wanting to stay under $500 but it looks like thats not going to happen

What are your thoughts?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0035LD0EY/?tag=bestprice024-20

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00322OOXM/?tag=bestprice024-20

 

[James Wilson]

I have the one in the below link and love the quality ... the ones you have listed are in the $700-800 range ... If you can find this one on sale I'd consider it.

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HDR-XR50...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1298467057&sr=1-1

 

[JeffGonzales]

Here are two that I have, If you like that Panasonic TM700 i think you will like this one: Panasonic HDC-HS250K. Its cheeper, but you also have the option to record to the hard drive and an sd card. its full HD, and does just about all i need it to: http://cgi.ebay.com/Panasonic-HDC-H...rofessional_Video_Cameras&hash=item2a0e402c9b

The other camcorder i have is this one Since i wanted one with a DV port: Sony HDR-HC3. It is also full HD and does all i need it to do. http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-HDR-HC3-Mi...rofessional_Video_Cameras&hash=item230e112421

Since you are wanting to stay around $500 i would suggest these since they are in your budget, full HD, should do all you need it to do.

 

[Ben Holcomb]

I've got the previous version of the Panasonic and love it. It takes AMAZING video. Check out my youtube page for a bunch of videos shot with the Panasonic HS300. the TM700 uses SD cards. I don't know if that's a problem for you. I've got a 120GB Internal drive.

 

[Scott Weberpal]

The Panasonic uses ~1/4" chips while the Canon uses ~1/2" chip. You'll get better low-light results with the larger chip (Canon). Though having 3 chips in the Panasonic may help offset that - and should give the Panasonic better color saturation in well-lit situations.