I am an "old video maker" since having already experienced four formats of videos and five camcorders. I wanted to know the full HD, but at least, distrust price ... Well I stayed baba such a value! - Clear and perfectly balanced picture despite my outstretched traps ... - Grips in your hand but no viewfinder, alas ... - The automation is doing well scenes of nocturnal streets. But it will decrease the brightness of the fireworks. - The sharpness of the pictures is rather disappointing for a 9 Mega-pixels. Bizarre ... - The big downside is that super thin leaflet impotantes where so many things are passed over in silence. Outrageous! Do not look on the SONY site because it is the same ...