pondering video cameras

All the new sony ones ahve touch screens, which you either love of loath. Personally I prefer having actual buttons to press cos you can feel where they are and you don't get finger prints all over the monitor.

3ccd's (the digital bit that replaces the 'film' of a regular old camera) are great but i don't think you'll find one in your price range. Also 3ccd is a bit hyped up because each of the 3 ccd's is a third of the size of a 1 ccd camera which some people say reduces it's quality at night. 1 big ccd has 3 times the ammount of light hitting it. But i dunno.

I just bought a canon optura 40. In england it's the mvx25i i think. It rocks. You can't go far wrong with the cheaper canons.

I'd say check out canon, panasonic and sony and avoid the rest.

Definitely buy digital mini dv ~ don't buy analogue cos the quality difference is unbelievable.

Of course if you are only gonna be using it for web based videos you could go for one of those cheapish new video camera's that just records to a memory card. They are about £150 ~small picture size / not amazing quality ~ but you don't have to muck about capturing the video, you just transfer the file straight to your pc and the web. Dead easy.

check dabs.com for cheap prices and comparisons.

laters