A few questions first, About the type of camera you are looking for.
1) Are you looking for a camera that records analogue or digitally ?.
digital
2) What sort of media would you expect said camera to record to, Tape, Flash card, Dvd, Hard disk, Built-in memory ?.
built-in/ SD
3) What would be the main use or subject matter and enviroment (indoors, outdoors etc) would said camera be used for ?.
indoor and outdoor
4) What array of connectors/interfaces would you expect said camera to come with, Composite, Firewire, Usb etc ?.
usb
5) What sort of quality would you expect from said camera`s recording capabilities, Very High quality, High quality, Good quality, Ok quality, No bothered ?.
ok quality
6) Is there a phyical size limit you expect said camera to be, Pocket sized, Bag sized etc ?.
pocket sized or bag sized
7) Do you wish to be able to edit the recordings from said camera, Say on the camera
itself, Or via your computer ?.
edit from camera would be useful but not necessary
8) Do you plan to broardcast the recordings from said camera, Say via you tube, Burn to dvd, Video tape etc ?.
no
9) If you wish the recordings to be recorded digitally on said camera, Is there a particular for you require, Say divx, Asf, Wmv, Xvid, Mpg, Mp4 ?.
common format
Just to narrow things down a bit.
Trooper