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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ47

    The good: The Panasonic Lumix  DMC-FZ47 has excellent features, design, and shooting  performance. The bad: For the $100 price drop from the FZ47's  linemate, the FZ150, you lose a lot of features and get...

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Canon Vixia HF M400

The good: With a nice set of features  for home-movie-type shooters and pleasing video quality, the Canon Vixia HF  M400 series has lots to like. The bad: A small, coarse LCD that's hard to view in  direct sunlight and...

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Kodak Playsport

  The good: Excellent video for its  class; waterproof to 10 feet; HDMI cable included; very good sharing  software. The bad: No built-in USB connector; short battery life  at highest resolution; no memory card; sharing...

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Nikon J1

Review Summary: Enthusiasts expecting every bell and whistle may want to look elsewhere, but for those who can manage the occasional sacrifice for a camera and lenses that won't weigh you down, the Nikon J1 is worthy of serious...

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JVC Enviro GZ-HD40

The pros: Excellent video quality; two HD format options; full manual controls. The cons: No optical image stabilization; confusing menu system; some design quirks. The Everio GZ-HD40 is a significant camcorder for JVC. The...

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JVC Enverio GZ-HM300

The pros: Relatively intelligent autofocus system; compact. The cons: Poor video quality; no optical image stabilization.   With some of the worst video quality I've seen in an HD camcorder of late, the best I can say about JVC's...

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Samsung HMX-Q10

Most notably, almost all competitors play the specsmanship game and opt for lower-than-HD resolution sensor and pair it with a longer (20x-plus) zoom lens, which results in pretty poor video quality. The Q10, however, uses a 5-megapixel...

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Samsung HMX-R10 HD

The good: Very compact; above-average feature set including slow-motion movie record. The bad: No lens protection; touch-screen manual controls difficult to use; lots of noise in low light video; slippery body; no mic and headphone jacks or...

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Samsung W200 Rugged Camcorder

The good: The Samsung HMX-W200 produces very good video, has solid sharing and editing software, and has a couple of handy features including a pause button. The bad: Some of the W200's shooting options and durability features aren't very...

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Samsung MV800

Samsung continues to create innovative consumer products, like their Dual-View cameras. Samsung has taken the ideals behind their Dual-View cameras and created the all new MV800. MV stands for Multi-View, and that's the idea behind this sweet...