I use three Panasonic NV-GS4000 3ccd cameras.
I got mine for $AU 1600 each – all purchased at different times.
The picture quality is great and the built in microphones are not too bad, though I don’t use them with my projects.
I have heard of many issues using HD especially on the capture side of things
You have to make sure your NLE editor will handle it . As far as I know, none of the low end NLE will capture HD
