Usually people confuse between camcorders and compact digital camera or any device capable of recording video feeds. However Camcorders are gadgets that are capable of directly viewing and broadcasting recorded feeds as well as recording the video in digital format and saving it in a storage device. Video recorder and video camera fused together is called a camcorder. On earlier devices a tape was used as storage media. Disk drives, flash drives and memory cards are used in present day camcorders for the same purpose.
These are used for multiple purpose. Its earliest use was for television broadcasting. Since then these devices have been used for varied purposes. It also kept changing and getting feature packed with passage of time and with kept getting customized as per usage. Earlier this device was used by mounting on a support as it used to be so heavy. Now it has transformed itself and is easily portable. Some camcorders are so compact that they can be easily carried in purse or pocket.
There are various brands manufacturing this device. Canon happens to be one of the best brand in this category. Canon camcorders are well known for their features and output efficiency and quality. There are mainly two type of digital camcorders in market which people like to buy. They are SD and HD camcorder. The first one records video in standard quality whereas HD camcorders records video in high definition format. HD quality is better and crispier. There are many HD camcorders in market which are really good. Canon vixia hf200 HD is an example of a good camcorder. It has got a great output quality and is very efficient as well. This device is also very user friendly and so very unsophisticated that you will simply love to use it for any purpose you wish to.
However there are some other brands as well and you should browse through the available products on various web portals before making a final decision over one particular brand or product.