[kevinTheB]

you have answered your own question. Ther canon has good manual controls. There are too many forums where someone asks for advice on buying a certain camcorder and people tell them " dont buy that spend another two grand and your filming will be wonderful!"

You want to do it now, dont you. the canon has good results. Rebel filmakers use it and if you want to you can buy an adapter to add slr lenses on it. So go for it and you can start filming and learn as you do it.

most descent editing software now allows you to edit hi def video now.

regards,

Kevin B