If you don't have the budget to shoot on Betacam, then you may have to settle for S-VHS, Hi8 or DVCam. The camera you shoot with may be depdendent upon what tape format your client requires. Oddly enough, tape format is tightly interwoven with each one of these segments. No matter how steady you think you can hold a camera, you're not going to beat a good, sturdy, fluid head, tripod.
Lighting is what makes or breaks the visual element of a video.
It separate the mens from the boys.