Sony Handycam® DCR-HC20 Mini DV Camcorder

I bought this camcorder because I wanted to do animation using stop film and this camera is one of the few which will take single frames.
It is easy to use with touch screen menus and once you have set up the single frame from within the menus you can use the remote control to take a single frame of your set without touching the camera and jogging the view.
It still uses the digital tapes rather than going to harddrive recording and from this you can capture your images into adobe.