Originally Posted by vidvicious

PRO ...

ok .. so from you r question I'm gathering you need a camera that's compact, easy to operate, good in low light and has a quality image ..

for photo I'd suggest the sony 828 or 717 .. you can get the 717 pretty cheap as they are no longer in production .. the reason I suggest these cameras is due to they're design (it's very ergonomic) the body rotates around the lens barrel .. leting you do up skirts with out having to bend over or get on your knees. they also have sony's patented night vision... lastly they have an awesome auto focus grid that will reduce your out of focus shot ratio... they're might be new cameras out there by sony or other manifactures .. but for the perpuse of this thread, I'm answering the question off the top of my head.

now for video .. Sony and canon have some very affordable HDV Hard drive cameras out .. all under 1000$ for a single ccd HDV camera .. pretty fuckin cheap for an above average image .. very small and compact, I evern think the sony cums with a built in sungun (light) ...
check out
Canon HV10
Panasonic's HDC HD1
sony HDC HC5
Hdr ux7 and ux5
HDR DC7
HDR SR1


that should keep ya bussy for awhile ..
The common denomanator here is compact, single ccd HDV and Low Lux