Video camera

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I'm in the market for a video camera and I'm a total noob with the camera scene so I need some advice.

The camera's use will be for home video type of stuff, like birthdays, holiday trips, baby memories etc. I prefer something that can record at least in 1080p since all our TV's have that resolution.

My search so far has come out with either a Canon Legria HF-R56 or Canon Legria HF-R506, which is basically the same camera but the 506 is ~R1.2k cheaper due to not having built in memory (8GB) and wifi (which seems more like a gimmick than anything else). Do USB3 camera's even exist in SA and is it worth it to get them?

Then there's also the SD card, and I'm choosing between an ADATA 128GB Premier Pro UHS-I U1 Class 10 SDXC Card and a Kingston 128GB UHS-I Class 10 SDXC Card. Will the R400 price difference be worth it in my case?

Any help will be highly appreciated, I need to get this as soon as possible.
 
What about a DSLR?

Can you post some examples? Will a DSLR be comfy to hold while recording though? I have a Sony point and shoot that I don't use for video because it just gets annoying to hold it after a little while so I thought maybe a dedicated video camera would be easier.
 
Can you post some examples? Will a DSLR be comfy to hold while recording though? I have a Sony point and shoot that I don't use for video because it just gets annoying to hold it after a little while so I thought maybe a dedicated video camera would be easier.

Most of the newer Canons (and Nikons?) have video recording ability. I don't use mine a lot for video but I know that others have used them to awesome effect.
 
Take a look at the Sony HDR-PJ230/B Digital HD Video Camera Recorder. Think it should be stocked by all the large electronic retailers.
 
Samsung HMX series pretty good. That's what I use for YouTube.
 
Thanks for the suggestions so far, keep 'em coming.
 
Just be aware that many of the "entry-level" video cameras encode video in AVCHD format interlaced at 50fps.
This cannot always be edited as-is, for any editing you are well advised to convert it to 25fps progressive.
The only tool I found that does this properly is Mediacoder.
 
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