I never thought that I would one day buy a pocket camcorder. I bought an olmpus Ls 20m which is an audio recorder and comes with a camera. I have it for the audio part. I started using the camera and it seemed nice and portable, but the camera is poorly placed. You can check this model. Olmpus Ls-20m. That got me wrong. When I came across the Mhs-pm5, the first thing I liked was the swivel lens. I'm looking at the new Bloggie Touch and Bloggie 3D but not interested. This camera is perfect for my needs. Sony should call this camera the Sony Swivel. Everyone has different needs but this one is perfect for me. It also takes 5MB of photos. I wish more cameras had a pan function.