Equipment

Tomorrow I am getting my camera. At home I have a couple body surveillance cams that will be good for action footage, however for some more still shots I want to get something that has better image and audio quality. Now my dad is paying for the camcorder, so I don't want something that is too expensive, but I also want something that isn't too cheap-looking. I have my sights set on a Canon Vixia HF R500, which shoots 1920x1080 footage, and is fairly cheap. I watched someone's review and use of the camera, and it looks great. There were some weird things going on with the sound while he was zooming, but when he wasn't doing that the audio was pretty crisp. I'd like to maybe get some sort of audio equipment as well but that will take more research before I make a decision on that.