Its small, easy to use, and quality of video is awesome for the price. Still shots are alright, and good be better, but I didn't buy it for that reason. I would recommend this camera for a good quality inexpensive alternative to other cameras. 24x zoom is awesome!
I bought three other cameras besides the one listed here. After getting the manuals off line and working with them for hours I found that none worked. Usually the seller's story was something like this: This camera belonged to my friend's dead husband or wife. Or this camcorder worked perfectly when I used it years ago. In other words, it does not work!- I always gave positive feedback. My advice is not to give positive feedback until you have tested the camera. Better yet, assume it doesn't work, until you tested it even if seller says it does. On Ebay, although there are some great buys, what you see is what you get.
I bought this palmcorder ´cause I needed and exact second one for my 3D experiments, and so far it´s proved to be a very good camera, and I love the fact that it has a 24x optical zoom range which is a very big plus.The camera-recorder still let´s you take some average quality footage if you are not that serious about quality and being in mini DV format, you can easily transfer the video to a PC for further post production. I love shooting video as a hobby, so my needs are not demanding. On the cons side, being a fairly inexpensive camera, it lacks a microphone input jack and no external light source or good sensitivity to low light conditions, so don´t expect good quality video or performance in low-light situations.
I didn't buy this item...the seller didn't have any accsecories snd I couldn't find maching ones....also it would and up being more expencive...so I bouth the VHS camcorder from other seller Elda700
This camera is good only for people who will shot in DAYLIGHT or in very bright indoor environnement. I had a Canon ZR70 that I had to replace because it died! And I find the ergonomics of this Panasonic not very good.
And "night" mode is not very good, like 2 frame/sec. which gives only a very blurry video not quite usable.
For the rest, this camcorder works! I would not buy that camera knowing is limitations.