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I've shot my own content since '97. I personally use the Sony TRV900 Mini DV camera. It has 3 chips, plus it shots in progressive mode. That means it takes a full frame shot every 30th of a second.
Most video cameras shoot in Interlaced mode. Interlaced is a half frame every 60th of a second. Then Interlaced takes the other half of the frame for a 60th of a second. It flashes them back and forth so quickly that the human eye can't tell.
Anyway, since progressive is full frame you can grab some pretty damn good stills straight from your video. You don't get any of those lines in parts of the video where there's movement like with Interlaced video. Since I can grab pics straight from moving video, I get twice the content for the same amount of time/money.
The main thing to look for to do content like this is that the DV camera is 3 chips, and does progressive (Canon calls it movie mode).
Here's a sample photo grabbed from my progressive video. If you want more samples click on my sig, and check out the "content" section. All of that is grabbed from moving video.
If you have any other questions about shooting your own amateur content feel free to ask!
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