I bought this camera last week and use it indoors and outdoors with my family. I found it very easy to use and the video quality is excellent. You can choose between low quality (longer recording time, up to 3 1/2 hours on a 4GB card), normal quality (about 1 hour and 1/2 on a 4GB card) and high quality video resolution (about 40 minutes). on one card) for 4 gigs). High resolution works great. I have used it for my sons lacrosse and baseball games and the picture is very clear and the camera is very easy to use. The audio isn't high definition, but it fits. The .mod format should not bother anyone with this product. If you copy the .mod files to your computer and rename them to .mpg files, they will play. Absolutely no conversion is required, just rename the files.