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I am thinking about trying some video camera work on low fly areas and airshows. Would i get anything that would do this for a budget of around £600, what would you recommend please.

Sony HDR-CX625 good stabilisation and zoom.

Is there a video camera on the market that takes near SLR quality stills

Is there a video camera on the market that takes near SLR quality stills

Depends what you mean by video camera? do you mean camcorder style or a genuine video camera dedicated for video? (if you know what i mean)
Have found with doing lots of research that bridge cameras do the job pretty well, its also useful because you don't have to buy expensive lens.
Try looking at the Panasonic fz1000. it has 4k video and some really useful video features. It takes pretty good stills as well.