movies with camcorder or still digital camera

[irhyper2]

As you probably figured out by the title, I am somewhat new to the digital world. My question is: What is the difference in quality, if any, in a movie taken with a run of the mill digital camcorder as oppposed to say a Konica Minolta Dimage Z2 SLR type camera?

Would the Z2 be less clear, or jumpy etc.?
How many FPS and resolution doesa camcorder operate at?
Do you know of any articles along these lines?

Any hellp would be apperciated.

[Sebastian]

Video cameras are made for video, and therefore will be better at it than still cameras that can also record video.

A camcorder operates at 30fps (60 fields per second) at 720x486, at best. Most consumer cameras don't actually record at that resolution.