I mostly record live music events and we had a Canon Vixia HFS21 that we could rely on. It was excellent in low light and captured great sound. This camera cost us $1,100, plus a boom mic and a set of lenses. I chose this camera based on reviews and chose it over the HG21 because of the price and knowing that it can do pretty much everything the HFS21 can. with an updated CMOS and DIGIC processor, and the sound quality is on par, if not better. Updated video shot at the concert venue in lowโฆ