I may or may not do this. Depends on if I lose interest or not. 3 years ago

i bought a low quality one, but i have fun messing around with it! 4 years ago

i ended up getting a flip video camera.
it’s cheap, shoots well enough, compatible with my macs, and it’s easy to use.
it will work just fine for what i need it to do.
yay!!!1 5 years ago

i’d like to buy one before i move.
i don’t need something fancy…
maybe i’ll ask for one for xmas?
i want to be able to film my family and friends…
and i want to film my moving trip/adventure. 5 years ago

My friends and I are going on a cruise in August. I have about 4-5 months to save up money and look around. I want a digital video camera to bring along with me. So it needs to be easy to take around, but I want quality as well because after this cruise, I would like to use it to make the short video movies/commercials my friends and I make for our youth group (currently, we’re using my friend’s dad’s video camera, and I don’t want to inconvenience him anymore). I don’t need it to take still photographs, but I want to be able to edit footage on my computer. My limit’s $1,000.

Please, anyone have any suggestions? Tips on what to look for when choosing a video camera is also very much appreciated. Thank you! 6 years ago

I’ve wanted a digital camera for a long time. Recently, however, I’ve become much more interested in shooting video. Now that storage cost is coming down, and bandwidth is getting cheeper, and everyone and their grandmother has a video blog, I feel like it will be a good investment.

Someday, I would love to own a Canon XL2 someday, but until then, my camera of choice is a Sanyo VPC-C6

leaves to hold his breath6 years ago

My finish my basement project went way over on money, so I haven’t had the cash to purchase the camera. I’m finally getting my budget back under control, however; it looks like I’ll be back in the market for a camera in early November. 6 years ago

I’m looking around for a used Canon GL1. I’ve done some research and it looks like it will do what I want, which is to shoot some digital video for my short film project. I was originally interested in the Canon XL1, but even used they are pretty expensive. 6 years ago

There’s so much you can do with a digital video camera. Do your research though. There are some cameras that will fall apart after a month just because, probably. Anyway, I would go with JVC, Canon, Sony, Panasonic, and those are probably the only four I’d go with, in that order. I myself own a JVC GY-DV5000, it’s pretty nice, and I got it to shoot movies and such. If you just want a camera to videotape stuff, don’t get the one I got, because it is big and bulky. All in all, the thing about a digital camera is the CCD, some have one and some have three. The more CCDs you got, the better. Also, make sure you have a firewire on your computer so you can put your videos on your computer and stuff. I’m not a master, but I know a thing or two. Lastly, if you don’t know anything about what I am talking about, google it, make sure to include something like camcorder or Digital Video Camera in your google search. Good Luck. 6 years ago

i think 2-3 months of salary will give me a bulk of its price (i think)... oh i really want to get one! 7 years ago

I was poking around on cooltools and ran across this post about the Lumix FZ5. I think this will probably be my next digital camera. 7 years ago

We have a kodak digital that is nice as a snap-shot camera, but I really really really want a camera that will allow me to focus on something specific instead of auto-focusing everything. Aparently, I’ll have better luck with Canon than Kodak. If anyone has a sugestion, I’d love to hear it. Right now, I’m looking for cheap and small… eventually I’ll get a digital Rebel. 7 years ago

I bought an Elura 85. FINALLY!! 7 years ago

Since my husband and I will soon have a newborn baby in the house , it is important that we buy a digital video camera. Our family doesn’t live nearby so we have to make sure the precious moments make it to film. 7 years ago

I’m desperate!! I’m doing so many good things with my mates this year – gigs, holidays..But where will I get the money from?! 7 years ago

only a little fun during your travel life…
but usually don’t use it often.. 8 years ago

Can’t make movies without a bit of camera. 8 years ago

The quality of DV over hi8/8mm or vhs/svhs is just mindblowing. Of course, the more you spend the better, but even cheap cameras have good quality compared to the ones from years ago. 8 years ago

I wish I’d had one for my trip to Morocco, four weeks in a Land Rover just cant be captured by stills (not with my skills). If I’d had a video camera then I would have been hanging out the Landy shooting, with the camera in the dirt, or standing on top getting great angles as we zoomed across the desert.

SO the video camera had to wait until the next trip – Sea Otters Of Alaska, I made a short film for Earthwatch, the charity I worked for in Alaska, and they use it for recruitment.

I love the whole process, shooting, editing, sound mixing – its total creativity with all the senses. 8 years ago

ideally i’d like a combo video/still camera, small, with decent still resolution and at least 3x zoom. 8 years ago