I don't know much about that camcorder, but for $600, I'd check out the Canon HF200. It's the most recent High Def technology from Canon and is small enough to fit in a jacket pocket.
The camera only has 16 GB built-in HDD memory. If you plan the record at the highest quality, 16gb ~ 2 hours, so you will need to record the second-to-top recording rate.
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