Best HD camcorder with high megapixels, optical zoom, and HD quality under $1000?

I am helping my mom find a good HD camcorder that has good video and still quality (like 1080p with 60 fps and 12-14 mega-pixel stills), but we are looking for one under 00. It should be a good quality camera that is also easy to take on vacation and different trips. Not a huge one, but not a baby Flip cam or something. Any suggestions will be helpful!

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4 Responses to “Best HD camcorder with high megapixels, optical zoom, and HD quality under $1000?”
  1. Real Z says:
    July 30, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    The best HD cameras under $1000 would be the Canon VIXIA HF series cameras.

    There is the HF S20: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00322OP3Q?ie=UTF8&tag=thebubrocpro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00322OP3Q and the HF S200: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00322OOXM?ie=UTF8&tag=thebubrocpro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00322OOXM

    There is also an HF S21 model: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00322OP40?ie=UTF8&tag=thebubrocpro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00322OP40 , but it is much more expensive than the HF S200 and the HF S20. They are all top of the line Canon models. The only difference between the above models is the storage capacity. The HF S200 requires you to buy removable SD cards for storage (i.e. no internal storage). The next model up is the HFS20 which has 32 GB internal flash memory (12 hours of recording) and two additional SD slots! The HF S21 has 64 GB of storage (24 hours of recording). They both record to flash memory rather than the fragile hard drive based camcorders.

    You are not going to find a better camcorder at this price, so I would choose HF20: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00322OP3Q?ie=UTF8&tag=thebubrocpro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00322OP3Q because of the internal flash drive. Btw, Amazon is having a 25% off sale on the HF 200 and the HF20 this week, so check that out.

  2. Impossible says:
    July 30, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    Recommend Canon VIXIA HV40.This is an amazing camera. The video it shoots is almost indistinguishable from many camcorders several hundred dollars more. I was looking in to getting a hard drive or flash memory camera but ultimately decided to stick with trusty Mini DV storage. I read about the format that camcorders with hard drive or flash memory, AVCHD, and decided it would not work well on my computer. I do not have a very powerful computer, and some people said that AVCHD can be very difficult to edit on computers more than a few years old. The HV-40 records in HDV format that most computers can handle.
    The menus are intuitive and easy to use. It has a small dial on the front to control focus. It is somewhat hard to use but, you can use it in a pinch. It has many cool features that help you get the best picture out of your camera. Aperture priority, shutter priority, Cini. mode and many other digital effects. All very useful in getting the perfect shot.

  3. ***happy to help*** says:
    July 30, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    you can consider buying Canon VIXIA HF S200 Flash Memory Camcorder
    * Records crisp high definition video directly to two removable SD memory cards
    * Genuine Canon 10x HD Video Lens
    * Canon 1/2.6" 8.59-Megapixel Full HD CMOS Image Sensor
    * Canon DIGIC DV III Image Processor
    * Dynamic SuperRange OIS corrects a full range of motion
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00322OOXM?ie=UTF8&tag=bestdeals-y-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00322OOXM

  4. J I H says:
    July 30, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    JVC

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