Sony HDD 30Gb
We are using a Sony HDD 30gb Handycam.
This records to the internal hard drive, as well as a memory stick. We have yet to record anything and run out of memory... so 30gb seems to be surprisingly big.
Standard battery lasts around 90 minutes. I bought an extended battery which lasts 2 hours.
It was cheap, it seems to be pretty robust (translate: not broken by us, despite travelling across the desert, and filming us throwing spanners about etc.)
The only FRUSTRATING thing, is that you HAVE to put it in the cradle, to charge the battery, and to download to PC... this just sucks for me - cos I am very, very lazy. And forget things. Like the cradle.
Its got an ALMIGHTY zoom (40x) but we don't really use that... and the sound is pretty good. And its got night vision.
As for quality -- stills are pretty crappy. Dont bother. Your mobile does better.
Video -- 9M - whatever that means.
If I had more money, I would spend it on buying better picture quality.
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