Wich one is better: one good high-end camera or several cheap camera to start a small movie production?

I want to start a small but serious movie production with a very limited budget. Is it better to buy a good digital movie camera or several cheap camera such as mini DV or maybe you advise me to just rent whenever I need to start the production . Whatever the solution you propose, I will highly appereciate that.

You would need several cameras to shoot a scene. One camera will not give you all the angles you need for production. I would buy 2 decent cameras and then rent as needed. As you acquire money, invest in a good highend camera, and keep adding them until your decent starter cameras are only back-up.

I would go for a great quality digital camera. Oh, and another extra tip, if it's an option, get the rechargable battery. It might be expensive but you won't have to buy batteries everyday. Trust me !

I suggest renting the equipment to reduce the start up cost. Then as the company becomes profitable, consider buying its own equipment.