I do not recommend this camcorder. Mine died after a 15th of uses and just 5 or 6 loads ... I plugged for charging. There, everything was OK. He began to load normally. Then I disconnected to reconnect to a different outlet and it is enough to put in HS! It does not light up, no longer supported. In short, it is not reliable and very fragile; do a search on the web, you'll see I'm not the only one who had the problem. Many users, especially the US, have experienced the same misfortune and had to perform standard replacements, after just a few days for some! If I had known this weakness, I would not have bought.
Update December 2011: I contacted Kodak (chat on line). They have me replaced under warranty. I hope the new will run longer than the first .... Anyway, I learned the lesson: Never turn it on, disconnect etc while it loads!
