Today's Biggest Sony Camcorder Price DropsAugust 2020

Video cameras range in price from $26 to $12,000 and in total we found prices for 184 video cameras. The average price of a new camcorder is $1,019 and the 80% of camcorders are priced between $67 and $2,585. The most expensive video camera that we found is the Canon C300 Mark II at $12,000, and the cheapest is the Vivitar DVR783HD at only $27.

We have evaluated 2,242 expert reviews and 11,662 user reviews for video cameras and used this information to determine the average rating for each brand of video camera. The top three video camera brands are Sony, Canon and Panasonic. Sony has an average rating of 84%, Canon has an average rating of 78% and Panasonic has an average rating of 69%.

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The biggest video camera retailer by number of products currently for sale is Walmart. We found 114 current video camera offers from Walmart. The second biggest retailer is eBay with 105 offers. That means Walmart is slightly bigger than eBay when it comes to video cameras. Adorama is the third biggest retailer with 74 current offers.

The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying camcorders. For each retailer it shows the total number of camcorders where they currently have a market leading price. The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying camcorders. For each retailer we took all of their prices and looked at what proportion of those prices where the cheapest on the market. The cheapest retailer that we found was eBay. 67 of their video camera prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

Assessing how cheap each retailer is for camcorders by counting the number of cheapest prices for that retailer, makes the retailers that offer the greatest number of video camera prices more likely to offer the greatest number of cheapest prices. The chart below considers the proportion of each retailer's video camera prices that are the cheapest compared to other retailers. The cheapest retailer that we found using this approach was eBay. 63.8% of their video camera prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

In the first 6 months after release, camcorders drop in price by 5% on average.

If you are prepared to wait then you could save an average of $50 on a typical $1,019 new camcorder by waiting 6 months before buying.

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Most new camcorders tend to be released between March and April. March was the biggest month last year for new camcorders, with two new camcorders released that month. Six new camcorders were released in April 2018 making it the biggest month that year for new video camera releases. In 2017 most new video cameras were released in January, with 13 new video cameras released that month.

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