Thus, the Sony Digital8 camcorders that use Hi8 tapes have an advantage with price. Virtually all digital camcorders have a LCD monitor. The only difference is size and quality. The bigger the size the more the cost. Hand held cameras need stabilization help.
Optical stabilization is better than digital.
Unfortunately, only Canon offers optical stabilization. Digital stabilization manipulates the picture in order to reduce motion, which can degrade the picture quality. However, one review gave good marks to digital stabilization in JVC camcorders. Still Digital camcorders usually offer photo or still mode. The problem is that the resolution for digital camcorders is not near low-end plain digital cameras.