Need a new video camera for holiday
Need a new video camera for holiday
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merc_man

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1,926 posts

232 months

Thursday 5th August 2010
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I know next to nothing about video cameras. I don't need anything all singing and dancing, just something to take decent video on holiday, landmarks, kids messing about in the pool - that sort of thing.

Ideally something small and neat that's easy to stick in the wifes handbag.

No idea if I want HD or not, I suspect I do. I suppose battery life and storage is reasonably important. Not worried about the type of storage.

Budget is £200-300

Any recommendations gents?

Tycho

12,276 posts

303 months

Thursday 5th August 2010
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I bought the Sanyo Xacti WH-1 and get pretty good results from it for the price. I wanted a waterproof video cam for beach and pool holidays and I think it's great.

It takes SD cards and the battery life is pretty good at about 5 hours. I have picked up a 32Gb SD card and can get 7 hours 720p video out of it. It's not the best but easy to use and pretty cheap. The still picture quality is poor but I have a proper camera for that.

Review here