I was about to buy a Panasonic HD video camera today that had a hard drive and could also use memory cards. The problem was, I'd chosen the one I wanted but despite there being about 8 members of staff and only one other customer wandering around, no-one came to speak to me in the 20 minutes I was there (and no, I had a sniff and I never so ner). I assumed they must not want the business and left the shop. I won't mention the name but it goes well with rice. Anyway, as I left, I was quite pleased as I don't know anything about video cameras and might have made a mistake. So, here's my question; I want a camcorder, I'll go up to £500 if necessary but will pay £100 if it does what I want. I want it for general use such as our upcoming holiday and for larking around and I won't be wanting to use it on a bike but it should be light and small. It should have a flip screen but I don't care if it's High Def or not. Does anyone have any good or bad experiences with these things to push me in one direction or another? Is a hard drive necessary or is an SD card sufficient?
Basically, HELP!
Basically, HELP!
but it matched his needs. 
