I bought this video camera about 2 years ago because I thought it was top-of-the-line back then, at a reasonable price. The picture quality was good, and I loved the size, but I recently sold it on eBay and bought a Canon HF-200 for the following reasons: 1) I absolutely hated the Panasonic's joystick toggle on the inside panel...not ergonomic at all, confusing to use, I wanted the touch controls on the screen itself, 2) on more than one occassion my wife and I both thought we were recording when, in fact, we were not. The Panasonic's screen info was always confusing, and we missed several very important moments due to the confusion. The main problem is that when you turn the camera on the screen says "Recording to card". It's stupid because there is nothing else besides the card it can record to, and my wife often thought it mean it was literally recording, i.e., it was shooting video, when in fact it was not. You still had to press the Record button.So be warned there are some serious usability issues with this camera: the joystick on the inside panel, and the info screen. Also, the surround-sound is totally useless for everyday recording of family events. When we played video back on our home theather it produced a huge, unnecessary echo effect.
So do your research and compare notes. Btw, the Canon has a 15x zoom, that is the other nice thing. And the HF-200 is a good price! I sold my HDC-SD9 for $305 on eBay.Panasonic HDC-SD9 AVCHD 3CCD Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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