Replying to Looking to buy camera (using sticky template)

1) What is your budget? How much money can you spend right away, and do you think you can get more money to invest in the future? Probably around $400-$600

2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Have you ever even used one before? Have you helped your friend out with his camera? Have you owned your own? Not a ton but I’ve used my friends sometimes

2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc) iPhone 14, and a Nikon D40 that only takes photos

4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well (movies, documentaries, short films, etc) Mostly just going to film skiing but I also want to film mtb as well

5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming? I think I’ll be doing most of the filming, but I also want to be able to have my friends film

6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? (follow cams, leave it on record on a tripod and hike, film from a tripod, etc)
Mostly follow cams or just stand on the knuckle and film
7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.
Don’t have a computer yet hoping to get a decent laptop soon
7) What program do you currently edit on? How familiar are you with it (1- just learning; 10- I can make tutorials and know the keyboard layout)
probably going to use power director once I get a laptop