For stop motion, your best bet might be an iSight. Its about $120 and has firewire, and audio. Boinx makes some great software too, iStopMotion. regards, sb On 8/4/06 6:47 PM, "Cameron Zotter" <camzotter at gmail.com> wrote: > I do a small amount of motion graphics for fun and for old school > projects. Because I am broke I usually use stop motion videos in my > movies. Here are some examples of my videos: > > http://www.zotterinc.com > > So, now I want to upgrade to a decent (low-mid priced, under $300.00) > digital video camera to use. I am especially interested in cameras > that work well with macs and are hard drive cameras or MiniDV Cameras. > > Anyone know where to get a good camera that will work great with my > Mac? Or if it's not a hardrive camera, does anyone have suggestions > that would fit my budget? A major importance to me is compact size and > long shooting time. Video quality is not high on the list. > > Thanks!!!