I took someone out with me this past weekend on a duck hunt here in South Florida to video. He was a real novice with the camera and I need to upgrade my older MiniDV JVC camcorder but its easy to edit with my macbook/imovie. If you want quick easy videos, I recommend the flip video camera. I use it as well and you can edit both using their software as well as with imovie. for example of both check out these sites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= or
http://8streetgang.blogspot.com