ergophobe - 8:43 pm on Jan 23, 2010 (gmt 0)

Thanks guys. Those suggestions give me some good directions to look in.

I was looking at the HF20/HF40 and didn't see that there's also an HV20/HV40.

The GS250 is dirt cheap used on Amazon and has 3 CCDs. No HD (500 lines resolution). GS400 is $1000 used, which means there are a lot of options.

One thing is that I also want a small camera. I'd be taking this doing things like backcountry skiing and such, so size and weight are fairly significant considerations.