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I’m on the look out for a camera/camcorder/webcam that I can use in my Graphic Communication classes and would like any advice/ideas people might have.

The idea is that it will be rigged up over a drawing board with the output displayed through a digital projector. How it works is open.

Ideally it will perform well in varied lighting conditions and will have an AV output.

Any suggestions? Could I go with a swish webcam and run it through a PC without losing too much quality? Or I could try to find a compact digital camera that runs from mains and doesn’t turn off automatically when no buttons get pressed for a while? Or should I just try to find the wee bit extra cash to get a cheapish DV Camera?

Or, does anyone have an expertise in making pinhole cameras?