Nikon P500

if it shoots 72op at 60fps then it is good for filming action sportslike skiing and skating, i think thats a pretty sweet deal

Okay thanks man +k.

it probably doesn't go very wide, no more then 35mm efl. which isn't good if you have much of a desire to do any sort of follow cams. it also isn't as versatile as a dslr, sound may be iffy (see if it can accept an external mic) probably can't turn auto gain control off, worse low light then a dslr. whats your budget?

try filling out the sticky. Also, I bought a camera similar to this, and whilee it was cool, and it was a good one to learn on, i did outgrow it very fast (I had a sony hx1 and now I have a panasonic gh2)

I own the P100 which is last years version of the P500 (10.3mp instead of 12, 26x zoom instead of 36x)
P100 has the same 1080p @ 30, 720p @ 30 or 60


first thing, don't buy it if you just want to film. the resolution may be true to the dream of hd but the focus is not. the lens is somewhat wide but you can't take use of that extra wide lens when you're filming; it will be blurry.

second, its a decent digital camera overall. lot of features to make sure it isn't just a basic point and shoot. i rarely use mine on any auto setting though because the colors are kind of off (to me).

if you're really looking into it still, you might want to look at the P100 to save some money. the 2mp difference doesn't really change anything and 26x zoom is plenty for a digital camera. other than those two things, I don't think much of anything changed between the two models.

Thanks a bunch guys +k to all of you. I will keep looking around for other cameras if you have any other good one let me know and I will look them up.