Go with a bank loan. Out of four cameras, I got a bank loan for three and paid cash for my last one. I almost went with an equipment leasing company for my third camera(first HD camera), but their terms were NOT favorable, especially compared to traditional bank loans. The deal breaker was that I would have been responsible for ALL of the interest for the full term of the loan regardless of early payoff(I always paid my loans off early, usually a few years early).