Digital camcorder starting point

I am planning on buying my first digital camcorder but I am a bit lost on where to start. I plan on only using it to film family events, baby's first steps, those kinds of things. I haven't really made up my mind on hard drive memory or memory cards for filming but I do know I want to stay under $500. HD isn't important to me but a long battery life is. So what are some models I should start looking at?

kyssyrat wrote:
I am planning on buying my first digital camcorder but I am a bit lost on where to start. I plan on only using it to film family events, baby's first steps, those kinds of things. I haven't really made up my mind on hard drive memory or memory cards for filming but I do know I want to stay under $500. HD isn't important to me but a long battery life is. So what are some models I should start looking at?
I would strongly suggest something flash memory based - more rugged and no risk of motor/spindle noise getting into your video.
Unfortunately, while the Canon high def camcorders have optical image stabilization, the standard def ones (like the FS200) only do electronic image stabilization.
You might want to consider a Panasonic unit - they have OIS for all their camcorders.
If you go with Sony, expect to need to purchase flash memory incompatible with all other devices you own. For this reason I would not reccommend them.
Also, I strongly reccommend finding a unit that has an input for an external microphone - while you may be initially satisfied with the built-in mic, you can get incredible audio quality improvements with a $70-150 external mic. (I love my Audio-Technica PRO-24CM!)
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

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Audio disabled in Skype when using Digital Camcorder

Hello guys,
I have a question regarding using DV Camcorder for Skype videochat. I have Mac Pro, OS X Leopard.
I am using digital Camcorder which is connected to Mac via FireWire connection. The problem is, that person I chat with is seeing my video fine, but cannot hear my audio. (I am using a standard external microphone connected to the camcorder via XLR, and camcorder shows that audio is received fine)
Is there any setting I have to change? Or anything else I have to adjust in order to fix this problem?
Thank you so much for any advise

There must be some users out there who for some odd reason don't won't the digital output to be mutable. Are they the majority of digital output users? Seems unlikely.
Can't we get our mute key back as an option for digital out in the Sound prefs panel?

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