I am looking for a camcorder around 2-300 bucks for shooting home videos.

Here is my list of features that I would like in order of importance.

*video quality(sharpness, lack of noise, color reproduction)
*optical zoom(at least 10x but would like over 30x)
*image stabilization(not picky if digital or optical as long as it works)
*file format that is common
*flash memory or hard disk
*easy youtube uploading(for my nephew)


I found a few Camcorders but it seems like everyone has faults(obviously) but I can't really decide.


1.Canon FS200-good video quality, not sure about IS, only 680k sensor, .mod file format, not great low light performance

2.JVC gz-mg330, decent video quality, not as good as Canon, not sure how good IS is, people complain about crappy quality while some say it's good

3.Sanyo VPC-TH1, cheap, not great reviews

4.Samsung SMX-F34, so so reviews, small sensor

1.Canon FS200-good video quality, not sure about IS, only 680k sensor, .mod file format, not great low light performance



Actually "small" sensor with lower resolution may actually be the same size as the video-capture area of a higher-resolution senzor that uses additional resolution to capture photos...so some mathematics should be employed here...680k pixels are more than enough for SD video...