Samsung SC-X300

Video cameras using a memory card format are able to achieve an ultra compact design.

Because they record highly compressed video, they're best suited for gadget lovers who want to use their footage mainly on Web sites and in email.

Digital camcorders that record MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 to memory cards may be picky about the cards you use since those encoding schemes require the ability to write to the card more quickly than most standard cards can handle.

Allows for very compact camcorders. Easy searching and random access to video segments.

Selectable image quality levels, including high quality variable bit rate recording. Both video and still images are recorded on disc (instead of on a cassette and a memory card). Relatively short recording times. Video is highly compressed.