My partner bought this for me as a birthday present before our son was born as we wanted to record all the special moments as he grew and this camera has done just that so far. The camera looks slick and stylish being silver and black and looks very modern. It has a leather hand strap to keep the camera in place while recording which is very useful. On top of the camera it has a little toggle which you can move side to side to zoom in and out while recording, it is ideally placed that it is easy to use. The side flips out so that you can watch what you are recording and I was fascinated by this as it is so clear and the screen really is ...  Read the complete review

I confess that I had my doubts about this camcorder - for the same price, I could get a handheld "Flip" style camcorder with HD and even 3D. But I chose this camcorder because of the look of it - I've always prefered camcorders with flip out screens and hand straps. First of all, the ability to use an SD card was a great relief - no need to mess about with proprietary hardware or any of that nonsense. I got mine in the blue colour, but the camcorder itself is not dominated by the chosen colour - lots of silver and greys in addition to the blue. I didn't like that there were so many buttons - there were buttons on the screen, the top of the device, on ...  Read the complete review