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I want a good video camera! Suggestions.

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  • I've been looking for a good quality video camera for the past few months now. I haven't ever made a major investment in a camera before, so I'm totally new to the market. I've been looking for something that can first and foremost shoot 1080p HD video, and I also want it to have an audio line-in so that I can attach an external microphone. The line-in feature is extremely important to me, and I've been treating it as a required addition in my search. However, I also want this camera to be great for pictures as well. It doesn't have to be photography-quality, but I don't want some cheap mommy camera that slips into your pocket, either. So far I've been looking into Bridge SLRs because of this, and the one I'm currently leaning towards is the Panasonic DMC-FZ150. Do you guys have any other suggestions for cameras that might have better picture quality and a line-in, or do you have any suggestions for camcorders that take very good pictures? Please keep your responses under $450 please, I'm on a tight budget. Thanks! Both of the first two answers were not helpful at all. Neither camera was ANYWHERE near my price range, and the first videocamera suggested does not take good quality photos, and the reviews were not as good. Also, the other camera mentioned has terrible ratings and, apart from being obnoxiously expensive, does not have the line-in feature that I specifically said I needed. Please read the whole question more carefully next time.

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    Still cameras and video cameras have conflicting requirements for quality, so you cannot have a camera that does both optimally. You'll have to decide whether you want a good still camera that happens to do video, or a good video camera that can take a few still pictures. There are many cameras that do both passably well, but if you want the best in either domain, the other will have to be sacrificed. In cameras and camcorders as in other areas of life, the saying "jack of all trades, master of none" is still true.

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DSLR videos are interpolated. DSLR videos can never be very long, 20 some odd minutes before the camera overheats and shut down. May be hour before you can record again. Get a Canon MiniDV tape camcorder, many of them have Audio input jacks with a 3.5 MM jack http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/vixia_hv40#Overview

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DSLR videos are interpolated. DSLR videos can never be very long, 20 some odd minutes before the camera overheats and shut down. May be hour before you can record again. Get a Canon MiniDV tape camcorder, many of them have Audio input jacks with a 3.5 MM jack http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/vixia_hv40#Overview

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Still cameras and video cameras have conflicting requirements for quality, so you cannot have a camera that does both optimally. You'll have to decide whether you want a good still camera that happens to do video, or a good video camera that can take a few still pictures. There are many cameras that do both passably well, but if you want the best in either domain, the other will have to be sacrificed. In cameras and camcorders as in other areas of life, the saying "jack of all trades, master of none" is still true.

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I preferred my hd effect pen camera. It has 1280x960 resolution and is cheaper.

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