A NICE HD CAMERA

Can you guys tell me what would be a nice HD camera to buy that is not to expensive but yet will
give a great quality picture, somewhere in the range of $3500 until I can get over to NAB to check
everything out. Any good suggestions? And yes I know this is a topic page for final cut!!
Thanks

I have a panasonic dvx100a that I really didnt enjoy as much as my jvc gy500 to me it just didn't seem to have the sharpness the jvc had but I think it was because I just havent spent enough time with the dvx,thanks again!
You simply can't compare apples and oranges in this case as you're dooming the DVX to failure if you do. There's more to cameras than resolution and in your comparison, you've noted features like interchangeable lens, larger imagers in the optical head block and probably a higher quality a-d converter in the JVC than the Panasonic. These are also features that you need to take into account with any sort of HD animal, which by the way, every thing is relative and quite honestly, there isn't anything good in your price point but relativity strikes again and my definition of good and nice is probably different than yours, depending upon the context of use.
In your price point you have HDV and AVCHD formats to choose from. If you were disappointed in the DVX, I'm sure you'll be disappointed in the HVX as well but then again, you need to throw the GY-DV500 form factor out the window if you're going to make comparisons in your price range.
Personally, I'd rent what I can to form my opinion before purchasing rather than take opinions from a board devoted to an editing application. But that's me.
Good luck,
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