Video is captured by camcorders to various media - digital or analog. I know lots of people who have working IEEE1394 ports on many Windows versions - including 64 bit Vista. This is not a camcorder issue, but an incorrect Windows setting or using cheap firewire cards with poorly written firmware. Good firewire cards (I've had good experiences with Belkin and SIIG) or good built-in firewire (Compaq/HP, Sony) work just fine - but happy users rarely post how happy they are something works... people having problems will post how something does not work.
As the title says I'm looking for a decent camera 2200 dollars and below. I would be using it for short films and the what not. My situation is this I have Windows Vista 64 bit and everything I've read up on most cameras that have firewire ports to transfer video do not work. Now I've seen a couple of cameras that have flash memory or take cards. So what would be the best bet. And the 2200 would strictly be just on the camera.

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