Every year for our anniversary, rather than get each other individual gifts my wife and I buy something fun that we can both use together. A couple years ago we bought bikes, last year we bought a golf cart, and this year we want a video camera. Our son is about to turn 4 yrs old and I want to capture some of his childhood before it's too late. So I need a camera!

I don't plan on making a living with this camera so I don't need anything crazy, just something small and light that takes decent footage. I'm only looking to spend about $350. I won't be spending much time fooling with editing features so picture quality is more important than features and software.

So, does anyone have any recommendations?

 

Read the reviews by the people who own them, this one got good ratings:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16830114006

 

That one looks pretty good. We have a Hitachi HX35 I think. It does a good job and looks almost identical to this one. The only thing that ours lacks is a
light, so in low light situations it isn't the greatest. It does have a backlight feature though that brightens things up quite a bit. I am pretty happy with ours, bought it "used" from a pawn shop on ebay. Saved a couple of hundred bucks, and still got a warranty.

 

That Hitachi looks like a nice unit for the price. I'll definately be considering it.

How important would you guys say a light is? Is it something that is rarely used or used a lot?

Thanks again for the help!