I'm after a family camcorder

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Any recommendations on a decent, light, durable but good quality camcorder that will last us the next 5-10 years?

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Raymond Lin said:
A £300 camera is next level? But a £800 one isn’t?

Any camera will last 10 years and all of them will look ancient in 10 years in tech terms. Technology is moving at a really fast pace in video, the best ones will makes the video more steady, the it focuses and track faces, 4K, WiFi etc etc. I really don’t think these handycam style camera will stay as you can shoot video in any compact camera these days.
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Next level because it looks more like my toothbrush than it does any of my old camcorders.

I think they'll be around for a while still yet just maybe not in as big numbers.

EssexBoy said:
I have had a sony handycam for the last 8 years going strong and will keep using it as does the job fine.
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Yeh thinking of sticking with a band that's been making them since I was a lad.

Will look at Sony too, my slr is a Sony and performs adequately
 
I get the appeal and it does intice you but its new tech yet to stand the test of time.

The hand cams are tiny and light these days anyway.

The RX100 is a camera, why choose that over a dedicated handycam style one?
 
That's what you're supposed to tell me.

I have a DSLR. Wifey has a decent point and shoot. We're after a dedicated camcorder for use indoor, outdoor, all lighting and weather conditions etc.
 
Hmmm... so with that info then there isn't much point in buying a dedicated unit if my NEX 7 and the wife's WX500 do the job sufficiently.

Although my NEX7 is quite old now and only shoots video for 30mins annoyingly, the wife's WX500 is decent at video but a bit small for me.


Still can't shake the need for a quick grab dedicated camcorder for birthdays, holidays etc. Maybe Raymond's original suggestion wasn't that bad an idea...
 
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Quite a few times. Christmas, kids birthdays, I set the camera in the corner on a tripod for my sons first Christmas only to realise it'd stopped after 30mins. Bull****.
 
What did you think I was using it for? Film lord of the rings?

Money ain't a problem, I just want something good that will last and do the job.

No gimmicky gyro that will break after 2 years.
 
It will be for both. I just gave an example of when I shoot over 30 min like you asked. But it will be used following them around the house or on holidays or school **** etc.
 
No mind has been made yet.

Considering the cameras we already have will an RX100 give us anything else? Or do we relegate the wife's WX500 to a dedicated video cam, I give her my NEX7 and then I get my Canon 5d mk2 I regret not buying when I bought my NEX-7 8 odd years ago (or today's equivalent).
 
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