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Look at the optical zoom rather than the digital zoom.

Optical zoom comes from the lens of your camcorder moving in an out. Optical zoom controls the camcorders ability to magnify an image. It does not take away from the quality of the final recording and gives you great close up shots

Digital zoom is the method used to magnify pixels in camcorders similar to zooming in on a digital photo you are looking at on your laptop. The more digital zoom you use the poorer the quality of the final recording. If zoom shots are important to you spend your money on getting a camcorder with good optical zoom.

The Megapixel Myth

Digital video is not as dependant on megapixels as camcorder manufacturers would like to have you believe. Measuring megapixels is more important for digital cameras and still images than for camcorders. If you are only using your digital camcorder to record video than look for things like optical zoom, stabilisation etc.

Image Stabilization

In general new digital camcorders will have image stabilization in one form or another. Most consumer digital camcorders use electronic image stabilisation. The higher priced ones will use what’s called optical image stabilization.

The best way to check stabilization when you are buying is to record while zooming in and out. Shaky hands will be magnified drastically if the camcorder stabilization is poor.

If you are really serious about image stabilization you should buy a tripod. The key things to look out for when you are buying a tripod is the size of the camcorder you will be using and what you will be videoing.

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