best quality on tiny budget (cake & eat it)

I know this question has been asked many times. after reading various threads and going to look at some camcorders in the flesh i still can't decide.

i can spend up to £200 (maybe £250 at a push) and want a camcorder due to my wife giving birth in approx 2 weeks. so i want to record some baby stuff for posterity and here are some i am considering:

canon md205 - seems to be forum pinup for 1st/budget camcorder. slightly concerned about motor noise
sanyo xacti cg65 - great for small size but what is pic quality like?
panasonic sdr-s7 - again small size & quality manuf.
canon md150 - seems vfm at £100

any thing else i should consider? any advice on picture quality / ease of use? which offers best quality per pound?

I have an imac and panasonic dvd recorder for archiving.

cheers for any help,
shiresy.

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Originally Posted by shiresy

after reading various threads and going to look at some camcorders in the flesh i still can't decide.

Someone's making camcorders from flesh now? Creepy!

Originally Posted by shiresy

i can spend up to £200 (maybe £250 at a push)

For that money, I'm backing the Canon 205. In terms of picture quality it's going to surpass the others on your last. I can't think of anything you've overlooked that's going to give better results.

Being a miniDV camcorder you'll need a firewire port (and a cable which you'll have to purchase separately), but I'm sure your iMac already has firewire since Apple hasn't got around to stripping it out of the iMacs just yet . . .

Andrew.

P.S. Love the spam. You put "eat" in your title and this is the result!