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How does the quality of movies on a compact digital camera compare to a digital camcorder?

I'm thinking of buying a Panasonic Lumix 6MP camera. Is the movie mode with sound on a digital camera any good? How does it compare with the movies shot on a digital camcorder? Picture quality and sound? I ask this because I'm going on a long trip and it would be nice if I only have to take one thing with me instead of two. BigCol65: Thanks for your answer. I've looked up the Fuji camera you described and it looks quite large (SLR). Ideally, I'd like a compact camera which I can fit in my pocket.

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1. they are as poor as Video Cameras are poor at taking photos
2. some panasonics don't have sound go to panasonic site to be sure the quality is ok
3. Hi, I have a Vivitar X60 10.1MP and while the picture quality is very good I have to say that I am a little disappointed that only basic format is allowed in this mode also no function of either optical or digital zoom is permitted unlike on a camcorder. Also the sound quality suffers when anything more than a light breeze is present as it replays as if a gale is blowing across the mic. That aside it will shoot 26 mins on a 1Gb flash card and as I stated before the replay quality is very good if not exceptional. Also my camera has no viewfinder only the LCD screen and I really would not buy another without a viewfinder because if the weather is sunny it's almost impossible to take a good shot - photo or video.. Hope this helps..
4. Great camera, but the fuji finepix 9600 is a better spec, 9mp 28-300 zoom, and put the largest compact flash card 2gig and also takes xd picture card the picture quality on my 42 inch tv very good as a compromide there isnt anything as good