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Look, up in the stands, a bloke filming a football game with a camcorder. Sports occasions need a camcorder that will keep pace with the players on the field while still being user friendly for the man in the stands. The best camcorders for filming sports occasions are light and fast with intuitive controls and rock-solid soundness.

Step 1
Look for a compact and light design, with good handling and a natural placement of controls. When you hold the camera, your hands might be able to find all of the required buttons without major effort or without upsetting the shot.

Step 2
Pick a model that doesn't load tape or other recording media from the bottom. You are going to have this mounted on a tripod, and bottom loading camcorders need to be taken off the tripod, and their mounting brackets need to be removed before you can change tapes.

Step 3
Check the camcorder's battery life. A lengthier battery life means less bother for you.

Step 4
Select a camcorder with an image stabilizer. Much of the time, you will be shooting from a tripod, but the stabilizer makes those on the sideline close-ups of the action worth watching.

Step 5
Find a model with fast shutter speeds. High-performance sporting occasions need a camcorder that will stay abreast of the action.

Step 6
Get decent still performances. Lots of camcorders have not quite perfect still picture performance, but you might be able to find a model that will enable you to e-mail grandmamma a still shot of her fave grand-daughter socking in the winning goal.

Step 7
Go for a good rangefinder. You are going to be gazing through this a lot, so make certain you are happy with it.