Title: No trade off
Review: When you first take this camera out of the box, it seems too simple. It seems like you must be giving up function in favor of simplicity. I'm sure that people are going to complain about the optical zoom, but really, I do not feel that I have given up anything that I care about.Amazon's price was far below that of any other merchant I would have seriously considered.The software and interface work with my Vista set up, without any of the problems I get from some other programs, but the software is a little clunky.CMOS vs CCD? I will say that I like the video quality that I get...can't comment on how the CMOS imager figures in there.Battery life and battery life display are both excellent.Touch screen display takes some getting used to, but in the end it's better than the old ways of doing things, particularly for a hard drive camcorder.
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