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Does anyone know of a really good high definition camera with a focus ring?

I'm a student film maker and I am having trouble looking for a good consumer grade high definition camcorder. Really, the only criteria is it needs to have a FOCUS RING and I don't want to spend over $1500. Does anyone know of a good camera??

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1. you will spend $1500 on an external monitor to be able to tell if the manual adjust focus is actually in focus. That's why consumer HD cameras are autofocus.
2. The only three that even come close - that I can think of - are the Sony HVR-HD1000, HDR-FX7 and the HVR-A1U... If you can find a good HDR-HC1, that will work too, but they have not been made for a few years, so likely all you will find are used or refurbished.