I bought one of these new and enjoyed all the features on it and I found the shutter speed going down to 1/30, 1/15/ and 1/8 to be really nice. At any rate a few months and I was not able to playback or record, took it in and was told the ccd was bad. I bought another off ebay, right out of the box, it did not work at all, so I sent it back and got another one off Ebay. Guess what? Another Lemon!!! Could have been a great camcorder is the story of this model. I think they tried to put too much punch into this camcorder and without the right budget. Save your money, these are LEMONS! Buying 3 makes me an idiot!!