I got this for a good price and it's worth what I paid for it. It works really well when fully zoomed out, but as you zoom in the image becomes progressively more pixelated and blurry (blurry, just loses resolution). This is a common problem with camcorders that use digital zoom instead of optical zoom. My intended use is to capture 'backstage' footage in my photo shoots - in which case I shoot with a wide angle lens all the time and for this particular use the camcorder meets my needs. I would only recommend it for this type of application (mainly a surveillance camera or "action cam" with a wide-angle view). However, for general family use, I'd strongly recommend getting something else with true optical zoom. Also, the battery on this thing doesn't last very long, so I highly recommend getting a very long mini-USB cable so you can plug it into your house power supply if you need to do longer recordings. I uploaded some pictures of the camcorder kit. If this review was helpful at all, could you click the button? Thanks very much!