Actually, I was looking for a replacement for my 2 young J. Sony HDR-CX320, which is still supposed to be the best in the tests. This may be true to the image quality, but due to adverse short stills and wiping pictures on closing scene for slow turn-off, I tried it with this. My attempts were also satisfactory. Especially in the dark and dim room lighting they responded quickly with the Auto Focus, as the Sony. The Focus made optically no noticeable difference. Also the touch screen of the monitor responded better. Small disadvantages only that you can not pivot the monitor, which may interfere with an unfavorable light. Also the lens shutter only be opened manually is cumbersome. And it may be well with wind on the sandy beach, where in automated closures, even at photos, the fine slat can get jammed by sand grains. The reason that I sent the camcorder back was that the camera refused to play my old films, which was also confirmed in the description of that recorded by other brands maps are not playable. Such cards must abdaten one, which then, however, the entire contents will be erased. - That can not be had, that I mean old memories can no longer look on the new camera, which is not the purpose of filming. The Sony had indeed also brought an error indication that data would have to be repaired, when I wanted to play the Panasonic scenes there. But when about 1 minute underwent a working bar, I can now continue to look at the "third-party product" shots. (Because of this, actually for me no rating, but I do not know how other brands behave with old maps).
