i dont wana be that guy dude but theres a shit ton of threads on this allready, but to give you a little start look into the canon hv30, thats what the majority of people will tell you, there also panasonics sd100 some good sonys out there just do a little research, first you have to decide what kind of memory you want to record to, flash, harddrive, dv onnce you think about that you can narrow your search down a little but good luck man