I ordered this camcorder and gave it a few days for a test drive. I sent it back to Revane because the sound was terrible. He caught the cameraman's narration, but everything from a barking dog to a conversation five meters away. Forget it. To say the sound was muted is not enough. The other reason I sent it back is because it's obviously heard before. The box was opened, the batteries put in and most importantly someone's Christmas movie was saved to the internal memory. So if you (don't) order this and yours has a blurry, still Christmas tree and a general shot of someone's bathroom, I sent that back.