I use a Logitech HD Pro C920. You can buy it on Amazon for $62.99 ,
Bitly . I really like it so far (I've had it for about a year). The autofocus works well. It's a little tricky when you want close ups though. I have to be a little patient and wait for it to focus. All of my most recent videos are using this camera. If you want to see the quality, just watch one of my youtube videos here,
https://www.youtube.com/c/intoxicatingarts/videos .
Reasons I like it
1. It's under $100!
2. I can make sure I am in frame because I have it hooked up to my laptop
3. It's small and lightweight so I am able to mount it to my flexible arm thing that holds it above my work surface
4. Comes with recording software. Then I send it to moviemaker to edit. I haven't had to spend any money on editing software.
Reasons I don't like it:
1. For close Ups I have to have the camera extremely low and it's still not as close as I'd like it (for coloring for example). This sometimes leads to me bumping it.
2. The microphone is not that great. I do voiceovers though so I bought a USB microphone for like $20 and I haven't had any issues with it.
For getting started, I definitely recommend this camera though. I was recently looking to upgrade and the only thing that would get me what I want is a $1800 camcorder. SO I think I'll be sticking with this for now lol. Maybe when I have tens of thousands of subs lol.
The flexible arm thing that I mentioned is clamped to a shelf that is above my desk. I was able to find it in my previously ordered amazon items. It was $10 !
Bitly . The arm is strong enough to hold the position you put it in. I actually have the webcam mounted to a flexible tripod which is then clamped by this just for extra length to get really low to my desk.
This is a really cheap way to get started. Good luck and I will have to find your channel :-)