Q&A: Best movie-making digital camera?

Question by Jonas Brothers Are Burnin Up: Best movie-making digital camera?
I need a camera that:
1. Can take quality photos
2. Can make videos and can pause while filming so I can consolidate multiple takes into one movie
3. I can buy it for under $ 400

Best answer:

Answer by fhotoace
At this point the RedOne is the “best movie-making digital camera

For under $ 400, forget it. You are way out of the ball park here.

For around $ 700 you can get started with a camera like the Nikon D3100, but if your goal is to produce video based motion pictures, you cannot even rent what you need for a day for $ 400

http://www.birnsandsawyer.com/_camera-rentals/hd-cameras/

My guess is that you have not taken any classes in film making.

The cost of producing films, from actual film or a video base is one of the first things covered in class when you learn how to break down a script into a shooting script and then build a budget from that shooting script.

If; you just want to make YouTube shorts, then for under $ 400, you can buy any decent P&S camera with about a 20 x optical zoom with HD or even Full HD video features.

Here is on that will do that.

http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Digital-Camera/26212/COOLPIX-P100.html#tab-ProductDetail.ProductTabs.TechSpecs

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