[Darkstar_surfer]

I have been thinking of treating the wife to a new camcorder. She has an old Canon Hi8 camera, the size of a house brick and the same weight.

I quite like the look of the Canon DC20 at £389. Is this a good camera or are there allternatives. I could go a bit more, £500 max, but would rather spend that on extras, extra battery etc.

[ykhan16]

I recall seeing it getting some pretty decent marks in a magazine. But IMO for £400 you could get yourself a miniDV camcorder that would perform better than this Canon.

Originally Posted by Darkstar_surfer

I have been thinking of treating the wife to a new camcorder. She has an old Canon Hi8 camera, the size of a house brick and the same weight.

I quite like the look of the Canon DC20 at £389. Is this a good camera or are there allternatives. I could go a bit more, £500 max, but would rather spend that on extras, extra battery etc.

A couple of weeks ago there was an anoucement that the Cannon DC range is to be replaced. In your case the DC20 will be with a DC21. You might find referrence to this in the past posts here.
Might be worth waiting to see what that sells at and its spec. and what the DC20 drops to.

[Darkstar_surfer]

With my bias towards Canon can anyone recommend a miniDV cam then. I had assumed that DVD recorders were better than tape, was I wrong.

[redsox_mark]

Canon MVX460 is a nice DV camcorder, and is cheaper than the DC20.
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-a...rices?q=mvx460

[jaymac]

you can see areview of the 460 here www.camcorderinfo.com it is known there as the Elura100

[Darkstar_surfer]

Thanks, I will read up on the MVX460.