Re: Best small AVCHD Camcorder
 

XA10 would be my pick. I've heard people complain about light sensitivity issues but I've found it to be really good for a camcorder in this class. Another cool thing about this camera is it's removable handle block assembly. Remove the handle for stealthy shooting or vacation stuff or put it back on for a nice pro B cam camcorder.

Re: Best small AVCHD Camcorder
 

Right now it would be the 1080/p60 AVCHD 2.0 camera from Panasonic, the AG-AC90 that has 3-BSI (backside illumination sensor) and green pixel shift technology downsample from 4k, a very low noise camera in low light, along with 3 ring servo for focus, zoom and iris, or in two weeks the Canon XA25 goes on sale which finally adds AVCHD 2.0 compliant 1080/p60 in either 28 mbps AVCHD or 35 mbps AVC mp4. The Canon uses a single large 3 megapixel 1/2.84 inch CMOS sensor and rgb primary filter, high resolution EVF and OLED capacitive touch screen and removable handle.