First, do you want a pocket camera or an SLR? - Robert Scoble

Second, what is your main reason for buying a camera? (Kids, photojournalism, nature, etc). - Robert Scoble

Third, do you want the best or do you have a budget? - Robert Scoble

Fourth, if you want an SLR, do you already own lenses in a particular system? Is your friend going to loan you expensive lenses in a specific system? - Robert Scoble

Fifth, has anyone already brainwashed you that Canon is better than Nikon or vice versa? - Robert Scoble

Google Wave != Twitter. Why would he talk about it there? - Jesse Stay

Jesse: he asked me about cameras on Twitter. - Robert Scoble

Robert, but he didn't on Google Wave - I don't get the comparison - Jesse Stay

Jesse: Twitter is more productive for many kinds of collaboration than Google Wave is. Why? Serendipity, which is why he went to Twitter. - Robert Scoble

Jesse: I added the Google Wave thing. Seems that bashing Google Wave gets a certain type of person really going, which I enjoy. - Robert Scoble

Robert, but Google Wave isn't trying to be Twitter. Twitter has its own purposes, as does Twitter. The two are nowhere remotely alike. - Jesse Stay

Jesse: y ou don't get the joke, that's OK. - Robert Scoble

Robert, ah, so now it comes out ;-) - Jesse Stay

Sorry - I have a cold. Jokes are harder to understand when you have a cold. :-) - Jesse Stay

Oh, and I should have added a different question: are y ou looking for a video or still camera. New Tweets from ArabCrunch show he's looking for a video camera. - Robert Scoble

@Robert many thanx for the explanation Ya i need a video cam to stream events and Video Interviews in high quality . HD cam right and I want something no more than 1,200 USD, 700 USD would be better? I do not have google Wave, I appreciate an invite from u or anyone :) - Ali

for google wave invite my email is arabcrunch at gmail dot com or editor at arabcrunch dot com - Ali

Gaith: I am not an expert on the middle of the HD video camera lines. We use $6,000 Panasonic cams, or a $3,000 Canon 5DMKII, or Kodak Zi8s, but the Zi8s or the FlipCams aren't for streaming. Sorry. One thing: make sure the camera you get has an external microphone input. Many cams don't and that will severely limit its flexibility. - Robert Scoble

thanx robert and sorry i meant not over 1,200 not 12,000 USD.and it must have a FireWire? how many MPs over 12? - Ali

I never had a video cam but my Nokia's so i am not brian washed maybe not bc I only know Sony and Canon - Ali

Gaith - thanks for calling my attention to this. Been using a Webbie HD. Good for casual interviews, BAD for conferences. Sound/lighting all have to be perfect in the environment. Ditto for Flip. And yeah, no streaming Here's my new setup: http://is.gd/3UMAt Used Panasonic, model WV-D5100. They can be found for a few hundred in varying states of repair. Haven't tried streaming yet. Try asking @efren about that - Jolie O'Dell

Another good person to ask for advice would be @commonmanfilms - Jolie O'Dell

Choose the camera that clicks the quickest. Photography is about capturing the moment. In my 40 years of photography I've found that my best photos were the ones where the camera was an extension of my brain, via my finger. My biggest complaint about most modern digital cameras is not the megapixel count, nor the lens resolution, but the delay between pressing the button and capturing the moment. Try out the camera by photographing a friend jumping in the air, for example. Tell him to jump, and test the cameras by trying to catch him at his highest, for example. - Andrew Denny from iPhone

Thanks Jolie, Andrew u got some names models? i am asking about a video cam - Ali

Canon 5D is pretty good (for HD). I would suggest in your search find cameras with CMOS instead of CCD (processors). I would suggest the Flip only if you do not mind medium quality. I personally use a Canon GL2. As for HD, thats a preference, you have to take into consideration that 60-70% of web users are on mobile devices or low speed connection. - Christopher Munton

thanx christpher :) i look into that if anyone have more tips please elaborate . - Ali

hey guys what about the Storage? what do you suggest? - Ali

Hey Gaith, As you probably already seen from your research there isn't much you can get in the area of $700 - 1,200 to get great HD Cams and the ability to stream along with great audio. Like Robert said the Panasonic cams are the most popular right now and are one of the better ones. How ever you can still get by with an SD cam for the amount that you are looking for. We stream with our sony vx2100's and if the internet is good enough (Never try and stream over wifi unless you want a world of headache) you can get great quality streams from them. They are great with low light as well. you can checkout some of our shoots with it on http://www.TechZulu.com to see what kind of quality you will get out of the vx2100. you can even get higher quality then what we have on the site I just try and get the best quality at the lowest size of file to be able to syndicate our content all across the web without any hassle. - Efren Toscano