Wahts a good overall camcorder for Mac?

[jmsspratlin]

I am going to get a camcorder for the birth of our newest addition to the family in August, however after some research, I ave found that most prefer the MiniDV over those with HDD. It is slated that the MiniDV's quality is far better than that of a HDD. One drawback is that most DV's are only capable of 1 hour record time on SP settings. Also, a firewire is required to export the media to the Mac. I am trying to stay away from additional third party software in order to have the Mac recognize the camcorder. Most HDD cams require the third party software to change the MOD format that that of MOV or something that Quicktime will pick up. This way the video can be edited. Thanks for an suggestions....Jamie