K+ for some relevant advice
I'm wondering what camera to get to film with. I already have a gopro HD Hero, which is good for what it does, but looking for something a tad easier to actually frame stuff with and get more aesthetically pleasing shots.
I have a budget of around $900 (£600) at a maximum, but I'd also like to get some kind of basic glidecam / steadycam with that budget.
I've been looking at the Canon 550D - but it seems a bit pricey, and two of my friends who have them both have the same issue where this weird little bar (sort of like a battery bar - but not the battery bar itself) pops up mid-screen and it just stops recording - apparently this is something to do with the write speed (but we tried to fix it by getting faster SD cards - but to no avail).
I think I'd prefer an SLR with HD video capacity just because there seems to be so much more you can do with the lens, focus and field depth of shots, and they just seem to produce really nice looking footage. However I'm not against getting a pure HD video camera that I can then attach various filters to to attempt to get the same effects. I don't really know that much so +K for help even if it's just saying what you film with and the pros and cons.
