Are you buying a new camcorder/camera?

SpiffyTiffy

I am trying to convince my DH to get a camcorder that records directly onto a DVD for Christmas. They have some good deals on the Sony Handycam DVD camcorder. I just think it would be so nice to have our moments with baby recorded directly onto a DVD, rather than having to hook it up to a tv or computer, etc. to see it. We have one that is fairly old, but still works- so it would be a luxury buy- not necessity. I thought about buying a new digital camera too, but I think ours will still work pretty well...

Do any of you have one that records onto a DVD? If so, do you like it, and what kind is it?

mrshutch

We have to download ours onto DVDs, but it's so worth it to get a camcorder and a good quality digital camera. I hadn't wanted to splurge w/ DD so while we still had a small digitial camera that took videos, I'm super glad we invested in new equipment. It's already so amazing to look back at videos and everything from the past couple of years. Happy shopping!

rhawkins06

This was our gift to each other this year for Christmas. We wanted to be able to record easily and send things to the Grandparents without a huge hassle.

We got this one: https://www.amazon.com/Sony-DCR-DVD650-DVD-Handycam%C2%AE-Camcorder/dp/B001P3O3O0 Some friends of ours have the exact same one and they LOVE it!

aocain02@yahoo.com

We purchased our "grown up" camera after last Christmas.  My DH had his heart set on a DSLR so I caved in and we got it.  My parents surprised us with some money on Thanksgiving so we put it towards a video camera.  I'm sure we'll use it lots once the LO arrives. 

It's amazing what you can buy and the prices you can get things at right now.

BratNat

We bought bought the Flip video camera for Xmas--from our dog

Krista123105

We're planning to buy an HD camcorder...there are a ton of great deals out there right now!

katie.i.do

we got one over the summer, a sony hd digital camcorder. smaller, handier, it's got pretty good resolution, and i like being able to directly upload onto the computer. it's easier i think to just burn videos on to dvds after the fact when you want a hard copy (or email them, or put them on youtube, or plug it into the tv or the computer, whatever)  than the kind that you need to have dvds with you when you want to record.

recording time is limited to the dvd size with the ones that record right onto disk, whereas if you get a decent memory card you can record for hours at once. 

stina-bear

We bought ourselves a new camcorder as our Christmas present to each other.    We wanted one that would record onto SD cards (since we already have a number of high-speed, high-capacity cards for our other electronics, and because it's faster to load onto our computers, and we can upload the digital files onto smugmug or youtube easily for sharing with long-distance family) -- so we decided on the Canon Vixia HF20.  It helps that DH found an amazing Black Friday deal on it (about 50% off)!  So excited about our new toy!

kristinem17

My DH just bought me a new Camcorder for my birthday last week.  It doesn't record straight to a DVD, but you can get the Sony DVD burner for like $225 and to burn it's just 1 touch of the camera.  It is the Sony Handycam HDR-CX100 - Digital HD Video Camera Recorder.  It's 4.0 megapixals and 8 GB. Super light weight.  We plan to get the DVD burner soon.

Melissa & Eddie

We don't currently own a camcorder and would love to have one before LO arrives.  I've been hearing great things about the Flip Camcorder...guess we'll see.

AWyand

We have a Sony one that burns right to mini DVD but half the time it doesn't work and the DVD's malfunction. Luckily it also records to an SD card, which works SO much better than the DVD's. My laptop has an SD card port so I can just put it in there and load them onto my computer, then burn a DVD from there. It sounds like a hassle, but the mini DVD not working is worse!!

Jen&Louie

We got a great video camera for our wedding in February that records to either DVD or Memory Sticks - it's a tiny Sony HandyCam.  Love it!

Then, for my shower, some of my family went in on a custom Flip HD camera for us.

DH also got me a brand-new Canoon DSLR camera with 2 new lenses (upgrade from my older equipment) for a shower/birthday/Christmas gift.

I think we've geared up enough to make this kid one of the most videoed/photographed around...lol!

Kim B.

We just purchased a new digital camera that also record HD video and easily transfers them to DVDs for ourselves for Christmas! It's the only gift we're getting from one another this year, but we're both in love with it already, haha! It's so easy to use and will be the perfect thing to have around once our little lady arrives!

Kim B.

PS: It's a Panasonic FZ35

justrachet

We got a camcorder for our together Christmas gift - we didn't have one before. It's not one that records directly onto DVD. I didn't feel that would be very practical, since a DVD has very limited recording space and we'd have to carry extras with us when going on vacation or whatever. We got one with a large internal harddrive. It can hook up directly to the TV if we want to watch our videos right away, and we'll never have to carry DVDs or memory cards with us. We can record for 21 hours on medium quality.

DH and I both have simple point and shoot digital cameras, which take good pictures, so we won't be getting a new camera. I would love a digital SLR, but that will have to wait till we have an overabundance of cash to spend.

intelgal

we just got a flip video mini on a really good deal... around $60