...Camcorder? Could anyone give me few advices what are the most important features in buying a camcorder? Maybe any camcorder - you could sugest that would have all good features and easy to carry... Not too expensive... Thank you!

buttons/lens and a lots of meaningless buttons.

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JVC cameras are not bad at all. Go for a DV not DVD or harddrive. You will have more options with a DV camcorder. check out you local store for offers on JVC. Im really happy with my JVC. Ive owned a panasonic and a samsung and the battery life on them are shite!also sony handycams are very good!

Whatever you do - do not buy Sony. Last year, we bought the state of the art Sony Can Corder with a hard drive and it has been HELL trying to make DVDs and otherwuse share videos. It seems Sony uses a special format that is not compatabile with anyone - even all the great video and DVD programs have tough time working with the video format. All of our home audio/video system is Sony so we thought it would be a good brand but I am so sorry I did not ask around and do research first. It is a great camera but not if you intend to make sharable videos or DVDs. We have friends who bought other brands and they can make DVS and sharable videos with absolutely no effort at all. AND - they probably paid half what we did for the camera.