I've tried all the settings on this camera - daylight, extra artificial light, high resolution, sharpness etc. No matter what it offers low images compared to normal mobile phones. It's all about the rendering. The camera delivers a 48MP resolution objectively, but that doesn't mean the image is sharp or the colors bright or even accurate. There are many articles out there about the so-called megapixel myth, where the lens, light sensor, rendering, or some other part of the digitizing process doesn't deliver a quality image despite the promised megapixels. Set up according to the instructions in the manual and filmed at 8MP. You can see that a mobile phone (Samsung Note 8) without modifications gives a much better picture than a manual camera with tons of modifications and tweaks. This is just one typical example of a dozen such comparisons. Yes, and night vision is much worse. Faint red lights only shine about 4 feet, while the manual says the camera should be at least 6 feet away. At night when I point the camera at 10 or 15 feet in the dark I just black out. Another note: the camera enlarges the image by approx. 5%. I assume it's the lens. I'm sure an experienced videographer could tinker with this and tweak it to work well for a podcast etc. But I'm not sure why you would do that. I get better results with my 10 year old $30 flip camera or even my cell phone. I can say that everything that is attached is excellent - the stabilizer, the pole is good, 2 batteries are included, a bag for the camera. The touch screen is pleasant. Lots of nice accessories to go with it.