Does anyone know of a good videocamera for our church? We used to use our personal one, bought circa 1995, and we set up a tripod in the back of the church. Then we tranferred it to VHS. Along the way, the sound is distorted and the picture is fuzzy. I want to spend about $500. Does anyone know of one I might buy? I've looked in the stores, and one guy who had just rolled out of bed said that $800 was the least we could get away with. However, knowing this is for a church, and that the picture quality is not the main issue, it's hard to believe there is no cheaper way to produce the sermon tapes. Any ideas?

Here's what Best Buy has on its site. You could compare the brands with other stores too.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat04014&type=category