Webcams are not only hip for young people, but they also can be good for seniors even if they don’t know how to use them. YouTubeThat was certainly true for Bruce and Esther Huffman. The elderly couple, who live at a retirement community in McMinnville, Oregon, unknowingly recorded a video of themselves...

The Sony Bloggie Touch sports a stunning design, and it’s an intuitive, easy-to-use pocket camcorder. Unfortunately, though it shoots decent photos, it’s disappointing as a video camera. The Bloggie Touch is a lean piece of equipment, with dimensions of about 2.1 by 4.3 by 0.6 inches. Dominating...

The good: The Kodak Playfull produces very good video quality for its price and size, is easy to use, and has good editing/sharing software. The bad: Its screen might be too small for some users, the lens is fixed-focus, there’s no flash or video light, and the battery can’t be removed. The...

The good: With a nice set of features for home-movie-type shooters and pleasing video quality, the Canon Vixia HF M400 series has lots to like. The bad: A small, coarse LCD that’s hard to view in direct sunlight and touch-screen-impaired menu system hamper an otherwise solid design. The bottom line: A...