yea the sanyo camcorders seem better than these canon ones ,are they available in mumbai , teh canon fs 100 seems nice but looks a tad expensive for the price
well i have use my friends sony HDD handycam ,u will never have to worry about space and is pretty good , he did consider the flash based expensive tiny HD handycam but its isnt practical as of that day and today.
I bought the CANON VIXIA HF100 for around 480$ , and its been amazing so far , Its flash memory and Full HD. Very Light to use and carry almost like a soda can.
Altough post processing is a pain to edit avchd file, nothing less than the latest hardware would do if you need latest effects in your movies.