JVC Everio GZ-MG77 (30 GB) Hard Drive Camcorder

It is a pretty good video camera for the price. I have searched and compared the video quality and technical characteristics of several other similar cameras from Sony and Panasonic before I decided to keep this one. It gives really natural colors inside and outside, which was one of the key aspects for me. It is also very light and small.

On the negative side, I would put:
1)Zoom (Optical=10X is probably good for use inside, but for outside, the bigger one would be better. Digital=300X, but it is pretty useless and create a really bad quality). In addition, the zoom is very sensitive and you would have to get used to it.
2) Lens cover is not automatic and not even built in