If you can afford it, get the Sony Z5, but for $2000 you may have to drop down to the Sony HD1000. Both are HDV, meaning they use the old standard miniDV tapes. But really, just for web video I think you should start with one of the cheaper cameras I mentioned earlier.
Although Youtube has started carrying 1080P videos, I think the high end of web video is going to be 720P for a few years yet, the limitation being broadband speeds. Depending what you're doing, a lot of what you produce will be watched at lower resolutions than that anyway, but right now all our material is uploaded at 720P. And yes, in the digital video ATSC world, you're going to have to learn the difference between 720P and 1080i/p and worse - bitrates! Way beyond the scope of this list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television PS If you get into editing video, start with Sony's Vegas. Rock solid on any cheap PC, and virtually no learning curve. http://amzn.com/B001CPHTAQ ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
