[spruyt]

Hello,

I am going to buy my first camcorder and read some good reviews about the canon hg 20 (good image quality, even with low light). The only thing that could be a problem is that it has a hard drive. I can off course buy the hfs series of canon without a hard drive but they cost much more. So i have a few questions regarding the hard drive.
1) From wat altitude can there be a problem with recording on a hard drive (i might use it for sowboarding)?
2) I found information that vibration can be a problem for the hard drive. Could this also be the vibration of a car engine because i want to use it on a safari trip?
3) Is it possible to record direct on the memory card so i don't use the hard drive and that i use the memory card for high altitudes or high vibrations.