Below are some advantages: 1) Straightforward, 2) Ergonomic, 3) Reasonably Affordable, 4) High-Quality Video 5) One out of every 20 photographs, comparable to an SLR camera 6) Stabilizer at 40x does really well when the lighting conditions are favorable. 8) It starts up quite rapidly. Its cons: 1) You can get a respectable smear with it, but the flash takes an extremely long time to charge. 7) Noisy 8) The paint on the case begins to flake off almost immediately.
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