I bought this JVC GR-DX75 Digital camcorder after trying a Panasonic. I wish I had stayed with the Panasonic. It is blended by the backlight, focusing takes ages, audio recording is very very poor and taking still pictures is a disaster. It really cannot. The built in flash is deciving as it is not for video. Picture quality is really average but the camera is light-weight and it fits into the hand properly. Controls are very very easy. Records its own motor noise into audio and gives it back as a loud whine during playback. My old panasonic had done none of these but it had uncorrected software mistakes and Panasonic never wanted to correct them. JVC connects perfectly to the computer and you can create your VCDs in minutes.