What is the best camcorder/ video camera for a beginner?

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If you want to take good video quality ,get high definition camcorder
Canon VIXIA HG20 AVCHD 60 GB HDD Camcorder or Canon VIXIA HV30 MiniDV High Definition Camcorder are good choice.
but if you want cheap price try Aiptek A-HD+ 1080P High Definition Camcorder or Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder

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Hi there.

You need to decide what format you want, Hard drive camera, media card, or mini-dv (forget mini-dvd cameras as much use as a chocolate tea pot)

As with most things there are +’s and -’s for all of them, both the HDD and media card cameras use highly compressed video, on its own is fine but the problem comes when you try to edit the vodeo, most new editing packages will import the video, but not all. Your computer needs to be a higher performance one with plenty af ram, 4gb+ then you need a fast CPU, Mini-dv (tape) although the video is slow to capture to your computer, real time 5 min takes 5 min, the quality is excellent, what your camera recorded is basically what you will get on your computer. almost no loss in quality, even after you have editied the video. computers do not have to be so powerful, to edit the video, 99% of editing software will work with the captured video.

Have a look here

A budget would have helped to point you in the right direction, My best suggestion is to go and have a look at some cameras, hold them ask questions, get the feel for whats about.

Good luck

RR

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I was looking for a “good” camcorder that was reasonably priced and easy to use. I read many, many reviews and compared several different makes of camcorders. I kept leaning towards the Canon FS100 camcorder. I was told that the video quality of the Canon FS100 was better than the competitors when it was being shown on a widescreen television. But the reviews really confused me because there were reviews that went from 5 stars down to one. The higher reviews said the camera had great video quality, while the 1 & 2 star reviews said the video quality was terrible. Video quality was probably the most important feature I wanted in a camera, so which was it, really good or really bad. The only way to find out was to try one myself. So I ordered one from Amazon.com, because their return policy is excellent. If I didn’t like it for any reason, I would just return it. When I received the camcorder, I charged the battery and started using it immediately. I think it is very easy to use, and the “video” quality was excellent on my widescreen TV. I was thrilled. When shooting in extreme low light situations, the video is grainy, but acceptable for me. I really don’t plan on shooting in the dark with the mini video light on the camera. Regular indoor video with existing lamp light, was still excellent quality. BUT, if you are wanting to use the camcorder for still pictures, don’t. The still picture quality is pretty bad. Now, about the packaged software that comes with the camcorder. I didn’t like it. The camcorder saves the video in .MOD format, which MAKES you use the Canon software. So for you beginner and intermediate users, my suggestion is to download “SDCOPY” from the internet to your computer. The “SDCOPY” will convert the .MOD files to .MPEG files. Then, you will be able to use different software programs. I am using Windows Vista on my computer, so I use the Windows Movie Maker program that comes on Vista to burn my video onto DVDs. So I didn’t have to buy any additional software. I am not shooting video for “professional” reasons. I just want my memories recorded onto DVDs so I can watch them in years to come. So for those of you that may be looking for a really good camcorder at a great price (under $500 at Amazon), and one that is easy to use, then I recommend the Canon FS100. How can you go wrong at that price and receive great videos? I absolutely love mine.