Hello, 

Could anybody recommend a good video camera (HD, tapeless, not too expensive, preferably...)

for shooting a variety of different events, both handheld and tripod use. 

This would be used for professional applications and would need to zoom in pretty well.

Probably be mixing the video signals down to a mac book pro.

Please share your expertise, it is much appreciated.

thank you for your help, 

KK

Hello!

What do you mean by not too much expensive?

I have a AG-HMC151 from Panasonic,i think its great!I use it also for my job and i am really happy about it!

There is no problem of transfer and works pretty good with final cut.I have it since 2 years so i guess its cheaper right now,but its a professional camera...so between 2 or 3 thousand euros.....

it has differents kinds of HD formats,progressive or interlaced and a Leica optic!!really apreciable!

I use it a lot for events and video-clips,and to upload your clips on the net its perfect coz it uses the conversion H264 (like internet)

it is better as the cameras from Sony HDV.and cheaper....

you can check the quality directly from my videos

http://www.dailymotion.com/zzapp#videoId=xhnu69

hope i was helpfull.....

isa