I am very satisfied with this camcorder, the quality is stirring the grip is immediate. There or surpasses all competitors (who makes a lot of testing by other camcorder loan) is when there is not much light! You can shoot in the glow of a birthday cake and have a result worthy of a pro. (I did it). I went to an ice statue exhibition in Belgium, only the statues were lit, images are as beautiful as those provided by the HD promo site itself but with the faces of my family and more ;-)! Just a pool when you have big hands like me and we are used to a DV8, initially it is still small, but we made it and it becomes a fact asset.