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Well, we finally dove in and bought a Panasonic SDR H200. So far we are more than pleased with it. It is unbelievably light. It also truly fits in the palm of your hand. I am a very small person and I find it comfortable to hold. My husband who is definitely larger, also finds it very comfortable. The screen has a nice resolution and the control are all logically placed. I can stop, pause, play, and pretty much control the camera with my thumb without disturbing the camera. It takes reasonable stills. I think the audio is fine. I haven't really had the chance to push this camera's limits yet, but I hope to do that really soon. http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-SDR-H200-3-1MP-Optical-Stabilized/dp/B000M4KJV4 This site is the only one I have found to show the rear of the camera http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/498058675 Miriam Roger and Allison Kulp wrote: > I would be interested in this,too.I would eventually be interested in doing DIY news,and political activism shorts,and uploading them to YouTube,LiveLeak,etc. . > > > Roger > > Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi All: > > Sorry for the cross-posts here. > > I am looking to buy a DV camera to take hiking and other travels. > > The requirements are: > > 1. small and light, hopefully smaller and lighter than a digital SLR camera. > 2. rugged and needs to have reliablly long battery life. > 3. simple to use. I am no advanced videographer here. I just need something to take good video and > not be hassle to use. As close to the equiv. of a point and shoot camera or fully-auto SLR camera > would be great. > 4. cost is a factor. I do not need the latest greatest HD camera. Good, crisp NTSC is just fine > unless HD stuff is cost-effective and as small and easy to use. > 5. either decent built-in sound quality or a jack for an external mic. > 6. digital output so I can load the video onto my hard drive and burn DVD's. Firewire and/or USB is > fine. > 7. I'm assuming anything I'd want uses tape. The format would best be cheap and readily available. > > In my experience, I tend to have a bias against Sony products, but I'd consider one if it were head > shoulders better for the same cost. The problems I've had with Sony have always revolved around > stupid design or, more often, crappy build quality and zero customer support. I very much like our > little Canon point and shoot -- in fact it's what's gotten me keen on video. I love my Nikon D70 SLR > but it is big and heavy and there are some situations where I'd rather shoot video to tell the whole > story. > > I don't see me making long "creative" "movies," more like short hits that are more about "this is > what I see right now" visuals where the scenery is too big and too spectacular for my photographic > skills to tell the story in a still image. > > Hopefully, I'm describing what I need correctly. I don't know enough about digital video to say "I > need these specific specs." That's what I'm hoping to gleen from your wise advice. > > Thanks in advance for all help/suggestions. > > -- Tom Fine > > > > --------------------------------- > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. -- Miriam Meislik Media Curator Archives of Industrial Society University of Pittsburgh 7500 Thomas Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412)244-7075 voice (412)244-7077 fax [log in to unmask] http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/archives.html http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/index.html When your mouth drops open, click the shutter. --Harold Feinstein, November 11, 2001