Order Sony HDR-CX100 AVCHD HD Camcorder with Smile Shutter & 10x Optical Zoom (Black)

The CX100 is a nice little HD video camera. The user interface could be a little simpler. HD video quality is very good. The camera is small and light, but it's a challenge to hold it still (not a fault of the camera). The slow motion feature is OK, but the lighting must be very bright; medium lit won't do it. The slo mo is very slow which is nice; looks very cool. And in slo mo it only records for about 5 secs at a time, and then takes about 15 secs to write to memory. The supplied battery could last a little longer; I thought it would last a little longer given there's no moving parts except for the lens. It is small and light. I think the sound quality is excellent. You'll have to buy software to edit on your computer, the supplied software can import onto your computer, buy cannot edit. So plan on spending time comparing softwares, buying and learning to edit on your pc. My friend has a Canon HD camcorder and he likes his too. This Sony has a LANC port, which most people don't need, but I want it to control for skydiving video. For extreme sports, also look into the Gopro hero HD, I've heard and seen good things from it (except the mounts it comes with could be better).Get more detail about Sony HDR-CX100 AVCHD HD Camcorder with Smile Shutter & 10x Optical Zoom (Black).