WAY More than Anticipated or From Idea to Reality

Lee and I did some looking around town for the HVR Z1U and MAN was I in for a surprise. The thing is running at around $6600 here! My online searching led me to believe that I was in for around $5000. Advance and the Sony store each had the thing available and really wanted to "put me in one today" but I couldn't justify shelling out over $7000 right now. In fact, I'm glad I didn't rush in, as Lee gave me a sweet book as a belated xmas gift. Entitled "Digital Filmmaking 101" it essentially details everything I ned to know to take the idea to reality for cheap. It recommends certain equipment to go for and how to cut corners but still have a great product. As I read it, I can amass more money! It would appear that it would probably be to my best interest to grab a cheaper camera, but at this point I am not sure yet what I am going to do. It's so hard!