Whats the best cam/video recorder ?

-Hi guys,I wanted to know which is the best video camera for having good quality,decent price,and great at editing because I like to make movies sometimes but i have the I pod nano which records but I need something that pauses and and zooms thanks anyways.this is a very relative question, if it is something that you will just be using for fun and nothing important i would advise the flip. it has good quality and and it zooms and it is small. but if you are shooting home movies or videotaping a graduation or something important i would go with something a little more bulky but with better quality and attachments like something by samsong. on the other hand it for are using it for sports like rock climbing or biking or paintball, i would advice the gopro because it is perfect for that situation. but ive never head of a video camera that pauses. usually you just stop the video then start a new one when you wana start recoding again then piece it together laterConsumer level HD camcorders have 3 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes - all times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.



With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.



You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a Mic jack. You need a firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.



No video camcorder can pause, if it did, it ruin the mechanism inside the camcorder. It has a start and stop button, use it. Get a video editing program to put the clips back together.
"but I need something that pauses"



Camcorders don't pause - you edit the video using a video editor. What sort of budget are you thinking of?