What type/kind of camera is good to use if you want to make a miniseries/ short film?

Here is a possibly helpful quote from one of my previous posts about professional video equipment. Quote: Well you just got yourself into one of the most expensive hobbies in the world. Anyway a good camcorder definitely be on tape. A couple that come to mind are the Panasonic DVX100, and the Canon GL2. They are probably the cheapest "movie quality" cameras. Both are going to run about $1000-$3500. The Canon HV20 is a nice camcorder as well. It was actually used for shooting part of the movie "21." It runs about $500. However a good camera isn't all you need. You want good quality sound no doubt? So you are going to need an external mic, I recommend the Rode Videomic. You should get some good sound quality from that. Other than that you are going to probably want a boom pole for your mic, which can be about 100 dollars, however I will put links at the bottom for places you can make a boom pole for about $20. Then you need software. Some good software is Adobe Premiere Elements or Pro, Sony Vegas (any of them), or Final Cut Express or Pro. Then if you want special effects you need a program for that and so on. If you want a more detailed answer let me know. Panasonic DVX100: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/40... Canon GL2: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/40... Canon HV20: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q... Rode Videomic: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/36... Boom Pole: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83d3qLHaA... Adobe Premiere Elements: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q... Adobe Premiere Pro: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q... Sony Vegas Family: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/prod... Final Cut Express: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q... Final Cut Pro: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q... Just feel free to ask about any other aspect of film making. Here are some helpful film making sites... Fxhome.com (the forums) Indymogul.com (their forums and vids) End Quote: Here is a couple cameras that I would like to add. Sony HVR-A1U Sony HDR-FX1000