It was only a few years ago that you had to tote around a separate camcorder alongside your still camera to capture those home movies in their full HD glory. Now, you can do it all with your compact.
The trend to put HD video recording capabilities in cameras really took off when Canon's EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR was unveiled with its full 1080p (1920x1080-pixel) clips. Cameras like Panasonic's Lumix DMC-LX3 were also in the fray before this, and led the way for other manufacturers to put this feature in smaller cameras.
All the models listed here are capable of recording at least 720p quality clips. None of these cameras here have an external microphone input so you will have to make do with the in-built (usually stereo) microphone. Also note that on some of these cameras, like the Canon IXUS 100 IS, you cannot use the optical zoom whilst filming.
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