I bought the Mini DV 80s from Maplin as a January treat for myself. It cost me £49.95 which seems to be a lot cheaper than I've seen elsewhere on the web.
The camera is truly tiny and comes with a comprehensive kit so you can attach it to yourself, your body, bike and just about anywhere you want to record from. It comes with a 2GB mini SD card so you don't even need to stock up on those first.
The recording format is AVI and the quality is pretty good. It handles low light conditions quite well although you would expect the images to be grainy in that situation. The battery is a built in rechargeable and you get a charger supplied in the box. There is a sound activation function which can be set to trigger the camera to record as soon as it detects a signal above about 65dB.
The one thing I miss when I look at the features is a waterproof housing. It would be fantastic to be able to go swimming with this on and then playback the results later.
I'd certainly recommend it to sports enthusiasts and even to amateur film makers who want something really super-compact for action shots. You might want to be careful how you look after it as the size means you might lose it easily.
It's on sale at Maplin until 23rd Feb 2010:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=338654&TabID=1&source=3
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