Best Camcorders for Sports

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Canon ZR960 Mini DV Camcorder

120 recommend this (90%)
133 reviews from 3 sources

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Canon VIXIA HV40 DV Camcorder

229 recommend this (96%)
239 reviews from 5 sources

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Sanyo VPC-FH1EBK Full HD Dual Video & Waterproof Ca...

154 recommend this (81%)
191 reviews from 5 sources

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Canon Vixia HF S100 Hi Def Flash Memory Camcorder

333 recommend this (93%)
358 reviews from 5 sources

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Sony HDR-CX150 Camcorder

97 recommend this (95%)
102 reviews from 5 sources

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Sony HDRFX7 3CMOS HDV 1080I Camcorder KIT

97 recommend this (93%)
104 reviews from 1 sources

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Sony HXRNX5U Nxcam Power & Memory KIT

129 recommend this (98%)
132 reviews from 1 sources

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Sony HXRNX5U Camcorder

138 recommend this (98%)
141 reviews from 1 sources

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Aqua Kodak Zi8 High Definition Camcorder

452 recommend this (76%)
598 reviews from 8 sources

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Sony HDRFX7 3CMOS HDV 1080i Camcorder

140 recommend this (93%)
151 reviews from 13 sources

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Sony HDR-CX100 Camcorder

180 recommend this (87%)
207 reviews from 6 sources

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Panasonic HDC-TM300 High Definition Flash Memory Ca...

161 recommend this (92%)
175 reviews from 3 sources

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Sony HDR-CX500V High Definition Flash Media

155 recommend this (98%)
158 reviews from 2 sources

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Toshiba Camileo HD Camcorder

53 recommend this (72%)
74 reviews from 8 sources

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Creative Technology Vado HD 8 GB HDD Camcorder

287 recommend this (80%)
359 reviews from 3 sources

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Flip Video F260G Camcorder

1225 recommend this (77%)
1588 reviews from 1 sources

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Flip Video Ultra 30 minutes

1243 recommend this (77%)
1609 reviews from 2 sources

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Pure Digital F160W Camcorder

1250 recommend this (77%)
1619 reviews from 2 sources

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Flip Video Ultra 60 minutes

1258 recommend this (77%)
1628 reviews from 6 sources

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Flip Video Ultra 60 minutes

1319 recommend this (77%)
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Wize Buying Guide for Sports
While most Digital Video (DV) and DVD cameras in today’s marketplace are more than capable of filming sports at a near-professional, non-blurring quality, you should consider your specifics needs before you make your purchase.

If you want to edit your footage -- say, make a highlight reel of a 90-minute sports match -- miniDV cameras are your best bet. These cameras record in native HDV formats that can be imported into PC editing software, then burned to CDs in MPEG2 or AVI formats or as a DVD ISO rip. They generally come with firewire or USB cabling for easy import to PCs.

Other formats, such as DVD cameras, record footage in compressed MPEG2 or AVI formats. This can lead to more frustration and lower quality during the editing process.

MiniDV cameras range in price from $1000 for lower-end models up to and $4000 or more for advanced, feature-rich models. You can find DVD cameras can for $500 or less. However, if you plan to do editing, you will need software and hardware to “rip” the DVD footage onto your PC, which can compound your production costs.

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