Buying Help as Usual...! :D

[JackRyanLangston]

My brother asked me the other day what camera he should get for around a $1,000. I was stumped because every camera I have researched since I started was a prosumer running around $2500 and up. He will be making indie films also with this camera however he is on a tighter budget. Their film company in two days has sold their film logo t-shirts and made almost a grand. I told them they should save some more and go prosumer but I can tell they aren't going to listen. ANy suggestions on cameras around 1k...? Thanks, Jack

[Ladd]

They're financing the production of their film off t-shirts? Is there a link to the site so we can see these shirts? $1k is pretty good return.

[Loud Orange Cat]

How about this?

The Canon HV10 HDV Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom, 1080i, 16:9. It's around $950. Not bad for a consumer camera.

[directorik]

The problem I see with the Canon HV10 is no mic input. This Panasonic has fewer lines of resolution but the mic input allows for an external mic. In my opinion, that's one very important feature.