As you would expect from a Panasonic 3ccd camcorder, the video has very good color quality (as promised by 3ccd), although the resolution of 320,000 pixels is not very high compared to normal (not 3ccd) $1000-$1800 digital camcorder video sharpness is pretty good. To get the best quality indoors, you need strong lighting around objects. It doesn't have the optical image stabilization that one would expect from a camcorder in this price range, in exchange for a digital stabilizer, which I prefer