OT: digital camcorder that has frame stabilization

[Joseph Sinclair]

Not too specific, since it's hard to do that without more information, but the Canon Vixia line of HD camcorders are excellent and most models record both to internal SSD and removable flash cards (the internal is faster, and for short clips at higher quality you can record to internal then copy off to a flash card).
IMHO the Vixia line are a good balance between quality and price, but they're generally in the $550+ range (the HF R10 is a good model at the low end), the HF10 and HF20 are a couple of the best models for higher-end consumer use.
The Canon FS300 is a nice camera that records direct to SD cards in standard definition available for around $300.  The FS31 in the same line adds a 16G internal SSD for only $50 more.

All of the Canon camcorders have real optical zoom lenses (in addition to digital "zoom") and lots of accessory options.

Very few camcorders have real optical image stabilization until you get into the $600+ range, the rest use digital image stabilization, which works OK for video most of the time, but gets iffy with lots of motion.

keith smith wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm looking for a digital camcorder that has frame stabilization and a battery life of at least 2, and a tripod adapter.� Non-digital zoom would be good also.
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> I will be using this for YouTube mostly however I need it to have good frame stabilization because I will more than likely be using it while moving and will need to be able to pan left to right or maybe 180 degrees. 
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> I will try to use a tripod, more than likely I will be recording while moving and recording people and cars in motion.
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> It has been years since I have bought a camcorder, so any and all suggestions, to include gotchas,� are appreciated.�� Thank you in advance!
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