Ray_li

Looking to buy a camcorder since I'm in HK for about 400-500 pounds what can you recommend me?

Thanks guys

Ray

Gutmann pug

What do you want to do with it? Do you want / need to run bullet cam's etc from it?

Ray_li

home made ****

I want a small one
Light weight
snap shots - good quality
optical zoom
its for home movies.

OllyK

Just bought a Panasonic NVGS44, end of line now, but they are knocking them out at about £100 under list price

Gutmann pug

Do a search on www.ebuyer.co.uk

I picked up a canon MV700i (which will work bullet cam etc) for £240. I think it was from the digital camera company actually. Again do a search under that name.

It is my second canon and very very good. x18 zoom, all the bells and whistles and under £250 new. Jobs a good un.

Gary

Ray_li

Gary

All that for under 250. I should be on a winner here
Thanks

Ray_li

is digital Mini DV format best or is DV-R the format way of the furure?

Brendan Hughes

The format of the future is HDD.

Kiwi

Get a Sanyo Xacti C4 very small, records onto SD card and in HK I think you will pay less than £200.

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

Double check prices against pricerunner, kelkoo, froogle, etc, as when we were in HK back in October, the prices were about the same as a good as a cheap online retailer in the UK!

I bought a brand new Panasonic camcorder, retails for £400 in the UK, cost £240 new online (with a free carry case and tape)! Saw the same model advertised here on SN for £200 secondhand!!

I bought a Pentax 5Si in HK, for about £240 which is what they cost here (ebuyer) but we got a 256MB card, Pentax carry case and spare battery for about £40 more. Swings and roundabouts really. We only bought the camera because we needed one and that there was an international warranty with it.

Funkii Munkii

Hello

I have just bought a Jvc GRDX-97EK

http://www.jvc.co.uk/product.php?id=...&catid=11&lid=

All the bits on it DV in/Out, mem card, Snap shots, Pc software + loads more, see above link.

Bought it from PRC, used them twice now for the cam and a Panny S-VHS vid, cheapest around and its UK stock, very good on line co, the price varied from £329 - £579 (harrods ), sorry cant find a link to Prc website but plenty others selling it sub £400.

Cheers

Gutmann pug

Really depends if your going to use all the stuff that these big expensive bad boy cams have on them. Personally its point and shoot for me, with a big zoom. I can record, I can download, I can upload from a bullet cam / other AV device I can watch on the telly, I have remote control what more is there in life????

I never ever read an instruction manual so if its too complicated and expensive it aint for me

Gary

£240 bargains rule

Ray_li

not gonna have fun cuz Iv got 2 days to shop for this. b0ll0x

Gutmann pug

Internet is much cheaper generally mate ........ Use one of the biggies like pixmania or digital camera company and check out their offer section. Either that or go into town find what you want then come home and trawl the net for cheap bargains

Gary