If you are interested in making home movies (which has been an American household hobby from the 50s), you will need a movie camera for your recordings. The first thing you will need to decide is between film based VHS cameras or Digital DV Cams. A Digital Video (DV) Camera is a professional piece of equipment, and may be for advanced amateurs only. Let us for this article, consider the average home user wanting to make and edit movies. For this use, one of the many handy cams on the market more than serve the purpose, some of them is in the semi professional range.