Sony Canon Panasonic JVC All good names.. hmmm No Im not name dropping All brands have turkeys! but these seem to make consistently good products . Im not very sure about the cheaper JVCs though.
http://jvc-class-action.blogspot.com/ make what you will of that
Seriously you could do worse than Panasonics . They seem to give more bang for your buck at this range .If you went to tottenham ct rd you would be deluged by choice and end up more confused!
try
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/camcorders/nvgs75b/index.htm
if you can shop around and stretch to it it
happy hunting
Ps whatever you do get get an extra batterry (especially for the wedding!)the standard ones run out unbelievably quickly