After reading many reviews of this camcorder and others, I decided to make the jump for this one. I had previous experience with other panasonic professional camcorders so I had some idea going into this what to expect. I rate it a full five stars because

I'm an editor by trade, so for me the work flow and support for this format was very important. If you work with iMovie use of this footage is fast and seamless. And if you prefer Final Cut Pro (as I do) it works flawlessly with that as well now, pro

This cam should come with a warning label.

Record all you want just don't try to edit any of the video. The color saturation is excellent unless backlit in which case everything washes out. The focus is very good. Any motion creates a slight staccato like vibration in the picture which I beli