# Recommend me a digital camcorder

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camcorder/389214>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 24, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camcorder/389214 "2007-01-24T08:10:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camcorder/389214/1 "2007-01-24T08:10:40Z")

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Simply put, I’m in the market for a digital camcorder with a scant few specific features, and I’d like recommendations from anyone who’d care to opine. The features I’m looking for:

- Works passably well in low light
- Able to upload directly to computer (no disc converters or any such nonsense; USB is preferable)
- Built-in microphone does not suck

Essentially, I’m looking for the cheapest camcorder that meets these three criteria; any extra features are unneeded and will likely go unused. Anyone know where I can find such a thing, or have anything to recommend? Any ideas would be appreciated!