Every other day or every alternating new topic is the age old question of "I'm new to this so what kind of camera should I buy"?

So here's a simple piece of advice: Let your education on your camera choice and video and HOW TO begin RIGHT NOW............by reading, studying, researching about the hundreds of different choices that face you and the THOUSANDS of differnt things and resources available to you on the internet.
THE INTERNET IS YOUR FRIEND! And no offense to all that offer their opinions on the 'best choice' of cameras, but it is just that........an opinion. Just like what kind of bow to buy, truck to drive or whether to bait or not bait.

Learning video is a serious avocation and hard work and lots of reading,remembering and PRACTICING. Over and Over and OVer and OVer and OVer. Till you know how to operate your camera with an inch of its life! Experimenting with it till you know the COMPLETE operation of it------and how to expand its capabilities in low light, cloudy, shady, rainy, thunderous weather------
Learning the differences between 'squeeze' and 'letterbox', ambient and natural sound, b & c & a roll, how to edit on the fly per shot, bars and tone and what they're used for, shot composition, good audio, camera stabilization systems, etc. etc.

I'm not slamming anyone....I'm just saying asking the same old question and expecting a newer and better or different answer is getting pretty stupid.

The MAIN THING it boils down to on your CHOICE OF CAMERA? HOW MUCH CAN YOU AFFORD? I'll sell you a Sony hHDC F900 if you can afford it!

For newbies to video check out these resources: VIDEOMAKER MAGAZINE, DVinfo.com, MARKERTEK.

If you're serious about it, make it fun and make it GOOD and buy the best you can afford.

Have a good one.

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ is another good one. Reading reviews on BHphoto is informative too.