As the Christmas shopping rush emerges and you’re looking for the perfect gifts to give family and friends, a digital camcorder is a rather fun and useful gesture for people of all ages. The convenience of owning a piece of equipment that can capture all of the precious occasions and moments in life makes a great present for the holidays that will last through all of the family vacations, neighborhood BBQ’s, first birthdays, graduations, and wedding anniversaries.

From Dec. 31, 1992, here is yours truly on camera, opening up my precious Canon A-1 Digital hi-8 camcorder!!!

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The introduction of the digital pocket video camera has gone a long way, to make video recording a breeze. Everyone has gone crazy for this little device with a lot of potential. The first generation of pocket video cameras, Flip cameras, were the perfect answer to many people’s dreams.

Nevertheless, for the style conscious, they were somewhat disappointing, when compared to the sleek digital cameras, and cool iPods obtainable: Tending to be on the broad side, and making them marginally too big, to comfortably fit in your pocket. Despite this, Pure Digital has gone all out to introduce us to the pleasures of the pocket video camera. Wowing consumers, by offering a HD digital video pocket camera for less than $200.

With all the options on the market, it could be overwhelming choosing a digital camcorder. There are some things to consider when shopping. Many brands can now record in high definition, but there are some limitations to using an HD camcorder, such as incompatible video editing software.

The amount of zoom should also be considered, but not the digital zoom. The higher the digital zoom, the more the resolution is reduced, providing forblurry, grainy images.

The Canon PowerShot S3 IS digital camera comes with many features that photographers look for in a camera. Although the camera only offers 6 megapixels, it does have image stabilizer, which makes images clear and sharp every time. The S3 IS has four times digital zoom and twelve times optical zoom with a built in flash. The camera also supports auto-focusing technology and has an optical viewfinder. The maximum aperture is 2.7 wide and 3.5 telephotos. The camera has a shutter speed of 15-1/3200 seconds. The white balance controls for the S3 IS are custom, preset and auto.