Get the sony FX1 TRUST ME on this one. I picked one up a month ago, this baby rocks. you dont have to shoot in HD you can set it to regular DV or regular DV 16:9 or HD , you can even shoot in HD then let the cam downconvert to DV as it goes into the computer. This way you have the best of both worlds.
The ONLY drawback is that right now i have a seperate DV player so i dont need the camera to input the tapes into the computer, however it wont do HD so if i shoot in HD i need to plug the firewire into the camera to download.
eventually HD will be the norm, why not get a jump on it now.
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