My wife and I are taking a 1 month vacation in the south island of New Zealand and wish to capture its panoramic granduer for our future enjoyment. I already own a Canon PowerShot S400 digital camera with 4 Megapixel capability. One can use its panoramic consecutive picture overlap feature to take wide shots, but then one has to figure out the best way of printing such a panoramic shot.
I am now considering the purchase of a Canon high definition HV20 MPV camcorder in order to capture the beauty of NZ. We have a HD TV with a HDMI input. From 40 years ago when I used a Bell & Howell super 8 analog color wind-up cine camera I remember that when one pans a scene, one does it slowly. If I do this panning correctly does this forum believe that I will capture NZ's beauty better with such a HiDef camcorder than with my PowerShot? Apart from a protective UV filter lens and extra high capacity Lithium Ion battery, what other accessories should I buy for this camera. If a mountain range is say 10 miles away will a telephoto lens achieve much?