i hope your prepared to spend the money. if your buying your first cam you dont need to go way high end. just a suggestion. Check out panasonic too by the way.
mines a pretty good sony mini dv and it was 800-1000 dad bought it and i stole it from him so it works i film skating and skiing and wakeboarding and it works reallyt well
if this is your first camera def buy something cheaper to start out on. I have a sony handycam mini-DV with a wide angle lense that cost me $350. It takes quality video, check out the vids in ecski73 's profile