Best Camcorders - 1.15 to 3 lb. Weight, 0 to 1 MegaPixels Memory Still Resolution, false MPEG Movie Mode

'its menu-based manual controls are so cumbersome that responsiveness becomes moot'

'The camera is large with a slightly cumbersome frame and is also relatively heavy.'

'An unfortunate quality of the DCR-TRV260 is its lack of the spot metering or spot focus'

'It's too bad that the user has to rely on the camcorder to make color temperature decisions.'

'high, but useless, 300x digital zoom'

'The Panasonic is comfortable to hold, though zoom controls were a touch twitchy and slightly noisy, and the manual focus wheel is awkwardly placed below the lens.'

'It was hard to get and keep a really slow zoom.'