I give the Panasonic four stars, a downer, the batteries are extortionate !! Absolutely the price of the battery is not to carry out after. I had made in 2015 a new HD cam to buy, my first choice was the Sony HDR-CX240 this but went back because the whirring tone was totally annoying, but a sound post that really did not. So the choice fell three weeks ago on the Panasonic HC-V270. Picture and sound are really top. The possibilities with the action to work varied. I have my first impression set after three weeks at YouTube as KamyTech, today on 21.03.2015.