Best Camcorder Ever: Canon HV10 3.1MP High Definition Mini DV Camcorder:
I’ve been using a Canon Camcorder HV10 3.1MP High Definition Mini Camcorder for years. I took it to Europe last summer on a transatlantic voyage on the Queen Mary 2. We drove around Germany and Austria with it and sailed back to the States, then traveled back across the country by car. I always had an extra charged battery in my purse. It took care of all my needs, and the battery capacity is such that I rarely needed a spare. I charged the batteries every night in my motel room to make sure they had plenty of juice. I allowed one tape/day for heavy filming and kept a spare in my purse just in case. The camera always performed in a spectacular fashion. The sound quality is topnotch. And you don’t have to shout to have the mike pick up your voice. The quality of the movies you take makes it look as if you’re really there in Potsdam in front of the Cecilienhof or in the Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg. You can almost smell the flowers! It has the best hand grip of any camera I’ve ever used. Not only can you safely day after day carry the camera by the strap, you can insert your hand in the strap to hold the camera while filming. And you can learn to film with one hand as I’ve done many times in the passenger seat of the car while driving through scenery as spectacular as the New Forest National Park in the South of England or the Redwood National Park in California. From coast-to-coast, and from continent to continent, it’s the best camcorder sold today.