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Cheap camcorder
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Has anyone tried those cheap camcorders you can get (md80/ muvi). Thought they might be good for using on the slopes. I have a decent Panasonic camcorder and iPhone but wouldn't want to take them skiing.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

I had a cheap camcorder which I bought with a view to using on-piste.

The limitations I found were that it was hard to keep it stead, especially when zoomed. The subjects are always further away than you perceive when sat at home wondering about it, so you end up using zoom almost all the time, and it can get shaky.
It was also awkward to hold with gloves on, and difficult to operate the buttons.

I got myself a helmet cam, which works far better for most circumstances, but also picked up a Panasonic HX-DC2, which is a much easier form-factor to hold in a gloved hand and has image stabilization built in which makes a big difference when zoomed. It also wasn't that much more expensive than the cheapest of the cheap end of the market at, iirc, £120.
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