This is a very compact camcorder that is very easy to use. It feels like the weight of a cell phone. I particularly appreciate it so as not to have to go looking for one when the battery runs down.

For a techie user it sports wireless sharing, ustream wireless streaming, ios/android control (via app), and multi-camera control. The zoom function and quality is pretty amazing. Video quality is excellent and the zoom is outrageous.

Audio and video quality are good. Playback over hdmi works fine. Stereo is so much better than mono.

Charging is built into the camera via a usb cable that tucks into the handhold. Luckily, they include a usb extender that you can plug it into and then plug that into your charger or computer.

Sony's camcorder has a bad joystick. The manufacturer says it's fixed, but it's not. It's very frustrating.

The video quality in any other light but bright sun outside is very bad. This one seems very cheaply made.

It keeps prompting to turn on the camera. What it doest say is it only works if you use the sony play memories software. Their instruction for transferring file from camera to pc is a half page with no instructions.