Canon MVX250i died and need a camcorder for Xmas..HELP!

[coulsond]

Hi all

I am in a dilemma, my mvx250i died recently (what timing) and I need a camcorder for christmas! I have been told it will cost £180 to fix, so since it is over 3 years old, I may as well see whats out there.

However...

I don't have a big budget due to the time of year. I would like to find one that is widescreen and miniDV. I had thought about breaking the bank and buying an HD HDD one for future proofing, but I can't justify it at the minute, plus my current camcorder died transferring tapes and I need that function. So I would like ideas on one up to around £200, which...

uses MiniDV,
widescreen,
minimal/no motor noise pickup on recording,
can perform decently in low light,
top loader if possible, but since I don't use a tripod I guess that is isn't too important,
and obvioulsy takes good footage.

not alot to ask eh! any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.


regards



Dean

[redsox_mark]

In that budget the low light performance etc won't be great. I like the Canon MD101 or MD160, but it seems with all the low end Canon models some people report issues with motor noise (on the ones I've seen I don't find it too bad).

Panasonic GS230 is nice but not true widescreen.

JVC D760 has had some good reports on here.

[coulsond]

Mark

Thanks for the reply. Do you think it is worth repairing the MVX250i @ £180 over buying one of these budgets camcorders? Even though I wanted something that worked for christmas I would rather have the better camera, which ever that is

I had just assumed that 3 years on my camcorder features would be in most budget models.

regards


Dean