Panasonic NV-GS27

A good starter DV cam for the newbie wanting no frills and ease of use. Good 30x Optical Zoom, very comfortable handling, good recording quality and aimed specifically at the newbie.

It's a bit basic, even at the price. It's a pity that a 1000x digital zoom is a feature - it has no use whatever!

You can pick it real cheap, and is therefore perhaps ideal for the newbie - but may be considered lacking after a short time.

looks nice and its easy to handle

good quality

could do with longer battery and cd

Very good value. High pic quality, better that many hard drive camcorders. Easy to use. Small & light.

None that I can think of for the price.

Compact, easy to use and good size display

A longer life battery with the intial purchase would be a great asset.

Light, simple to use, excellent results in good light. Very good value.

Not such good results indoors/in poor light

Good value. Not posh but does what it needs to.

Wish the eye piece turned up for tripod use to save battery life. But with mains supply not a problem.

very light and very easy to use..my 7 year old son can operate this.

Only the quality of picture when put on to dvd.

Light weight and easy to hold and use.

Very shakey if you want to use and telephoto hand held (due to light weight)

Ease of use

Battery life