We need a camcorder to help with our November breakfast video. The video will be about the COTS kids, and we want to be able to record them in the Children’s Haven, among other places. Here are some key elements of what we need:

- it must have an external microphone input. This requirement alone will eliminate pretty much all the lowest end camcorders.
- It should record to SD card, for ease in transferring the footage over to computer. (Important note: when you purchase SD cards for camcorders, you will need to purchase Class 6 SD cards or better, 8 or 16 GB in size. Be sure you have at least two of them, so that one can be in the camera while the other is being offloaded to computer.)