Whats the best camcorder their is for professional-like movies?

Question by -Crafty-: Whats the best camcorder their is for professional-like movies?
I am looking for a camcorder that is professional-like quality. I only want to spent around $ 600 if possible.
I want to make full-length movies. I just want it to be good quality and i need it to be uploadable to the computer so i can edit it..
I want it to be about the quality of the movie jackass. Its not perfect but its good. What cameras do they use..

Best answer:

Answer by Little Dog
There is no such thing as a $ 600 pro-quality camcorder.

At a high level, regardless of media storage type, the camera $ ranges are:

Toys: less than $ 250
Entry level consumer: up to $ 500
Mid range consumer: up to $ 1,000
None of these will do “Good low light video quality”. Their lenses and imaging chips are too small.

Larger lenses and imaging chips are in:
High end consumer or prosumer: up to $ 2000
Prosumer or pro: $ 3,000 and up.

ALL camcorders’ video can be edited on a computer – the trick is getting the video into the computer and into a format the video editor can use – this might be by direct connection between the camcorder and computer or additional hardware or software for converting video.

Step 1: Set your budget.
Step 2: Identify the camcorders that fit your budget.
Step 3: Learn what format the camera captures to.
Step 4: Understand how the video will transfer to YOUR computer.
Step 5: Learn how that video will work with YOUR video editor.
Step 6: Buy the camcorder.

Go out of order and you are setting yourself up for frustration and failure.

Jackass used different cameras, but mostly Sony pro gear. The hand-held footage they looked like they were taking was rarely actually used.

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