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Keep in mind I’m by no means an expert, I get my info from the reviews and hands-on experiences.

Advantages:

- excellent image quality in a relatively tiny package (i.e. more portable)

- better suited to take still images as well obviously

- interchangable lenses

- generally much cheaper with kitlens (if you buy better lenses, this advantage evens out)

- better depth of field

Disadvantages:

- (pro-)Camcorders are better featured out of the box for shooting video, with handles, pro-inputs & outputs, etc.

- it seems camcorders generally have better audio quality

Universal advice:

Simply go to Vimeo or Youtube, and search for videos shot with the cameras you have in mind. Let the image quality do the convincing.