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Both Chrisyo and myself use a Panasonic DV camera. The planetary images they produce are pretty good.
Things to look for and think about.
You may need to purchase a TV card to transfer the video to your computer, if it doesn't come supplied with some other transfer device.
Go for a camera with high optical zoom, forget about digital zoom.
Try to get one that has a 1/3" or 1/4" CCD chip "For planetary work, telescopes with shorter focal lengths will benefit from cameras with smaller image sensors, thus producing larger image scales"-Steve Massey, The Night Sky.
If you can, get a camera with a Video In plug hole, then later you could hook up a GStar-Ex to it and do deep sky imaging.
The still pictures you take will only be the equivelent of about 1-2mp. Still, they aren't too bad for snap shots.
You'll want good manual features. You want to be able to control your shutter speed, apeture and white balance.
I did have a Canon video camera but gave it away to my sister, the Panasonic was so much better.
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