Small camera with reasonable HD video

[iamrcb]

Rather than get a basic "flip" style pocket video camera or a cheap traditional sized SD camcorder is there a small compact digital camera that can do reasonable HD video and sound that would match or better my two options so far: Creative Vado HD or Panasonic SDR-S26

I'm not after serious video quality, just casual family clips without carrying around another camera.

I'd rather the stills camera be the primary purpose, with the video a seconday feature

budget is £150

Thanks

Edited by iamrcb on Sunday 22 November 19:52

[clonmult]

I can't give any useful examples, but just browse t'web for cameras with HD (720p being more likely) video.

I've had a Kodak Z1285 for what seems like ages - 12mp stills, 1280x720 video, 5x optical zoom. Its not a bad camera all round, stills are good, video is okay (blighted by motor noise when zooming), but ultimately ruined by lousy battery life.

Its worth checking on the zoom though - I know that quite a few digicams don't allow zoom whilst recording video.

[Rinko]

A recent thread on here brought out a recommendation for the Canon IXUS 110 - which I believe the OP purchased and reported good results. On that basis it was when I was looking to purchase to document the impending arrival of my bundle of joy.

[AMD87]

if you can up your budget abit the Sony Cybershot H20 can be had for around £190 and you can use the 10x zoom while recording.

good for trackdays too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aSbyikq290
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6iP1QmosUQ

[markbigears]

have a look on play.com at the lumix FX150 at £149.00. I just bought one and its fantastic.

Edited by markbigears on Wednesday 25th November 22:32