Sony's first CMOS based consumer HD camera brings control and fidelity to images in a package that's hard to beat.

Camcorder, still camera and portable media player all in one sleek package.

Pocket-sized digital camcorders are becoming more capable all the time. We round up ten of the best

A fully featured hard disk AVCHD camcorder with plenty of recording space

A fully featured hard disk AVCHD camcorder with plenty of recording space

A high end DVD-based camcorder for quick and clean shooting.

No match for Sony’s SR12 on features, but incredibly easy to use and an ideal ‘my first HD camcorder’

New HDR-TG1 Handycam weighs in at 280 grams - or less than two iPod Classics. Add a titanium body and 10x optical zoom and we're drooling.

Canopus first made its name providing top-notch 3Dfx cards. Realising the deadly competitiveness and pace of that market, however, Canopus has moved on and repositioned itself as a company specialising in video editing.

Better HD image quality than you’d expect for such a small camcorder, but the price is still a little high.

Great image quality and plenty of enthusiast features for a very reasonable price

The marker has been laid down. Sony's pulled off another AVCHD stunner that will be hard to beat this year

A great value camcorder that’s capable of some decent results.

HD camcorders enter the mainstream once and for all. With image quality like this, there’s little reason to spend more.

8cm Blu-ray BD-R write-once and BD-RE rewritable discs due in September.

Burn straight onto a disc or choose the hybrid HDD model.

Two Kodak cameras and each capable of rich looking 720P HD video. Whether you’re looking for a big zoom or a pocket snapper, these two models have it covered.

An entry-level HD camcorder with an identity crisis, but at this price, it puts quality in the hands of everyone.

A good price coupled with outstanding image quality – a good budget alternative to the Panasonic HDC-HS9

Impressive optical quality and storage space, though a touch expensive