... We got this camera as a gift when our son was born. It is a great camera for advanced users, but for home video, chill, low-tech people I think it is just way too much. It would take hours to figure out everything this camera does and the thing is that it just isn't that important to me. I want the sound to work, I want the video to be clear, I want it to be easy to use. The sound works great, the video is clear, but there are so many options on this camera that it just doesn't make it easy to use for a family that just wants to record birthdays and softball games. Rather, I guess it isn't that hard to use, but I am pretty sure we could have paid half the price for a camera that does what we want it to. Non-techy people just won't use all the features on this camera. Especially for people like us with a new baby, we just don't have hours to sit down with the manual and figure out 100 different settings. So if you are really into advanced home-video making and love lots of different features and adjustments and gadgets, this is your camera. If you just want to record and save the videos to watch years later or even edit a little here and there on your computer, this is probably more camera than you need. It is also my understanding based on what I read that the HV20 is just about the same as this slight upgrade and cheaper, so if you must have an HV camera, maybe go with the HV20.
A special note for mac users:
Canon should be more clear about the compatibility of this camcorder with Mac computers. The video on the camcorder is quite clear and it seems to be a good enough camcorder, but the hassle of trying to figure out how to get it to work with my Mac computer has made it completely un-worth it.
I will say what Canon should clearly say but doesn't. Your Mac computer will not recognize this camcorder if you try to hook the camcorder up via the included USB cable. I have scoured many forums trying to figure this out and it is the same everywhere - it will not recognize your camcorder with a USB connection. That means one of two things: Either you need to buy a Firewire cable (if you don't have one) and connect the camcorder to your computer via Firewire OR, if you are like me and you have the MacBook that came out in October of 2008 without Firewire, there is NO WAY to get the video from this camcorder to your computer. This should be made clear by Canon and it is not which, no matter how good the camera is, makes using it very difficult. I would not buy this again if I had the choice. It hasn't been worth the hassle of figuring all this out. ...
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