I was excited to get this camcorder. It was small and compact. Has harddrive so there are no disks to buy and loose. However, I was disapointed in the picture quality. I get a much better photo from my old 3.2 mg pixle Kodak then I do with this camera. It does seem to take nice video, however, I cant get it off of the camera. After having the camera for 13 months, it will no longer stay on for more then a couple min. If you can get it to stay on that long. I have to batteries for it, and niether one of them work, fully charged or otherwise. One of those very expensive (almost $700.00...read full review »