I've had the camera for a few months now and I find that it's more then good enough. The picture quality is good for a camera this size. Fine for Youtube or other web sites. The zoom is also adequate, but the image stabilization is almost non-existent. I can't zoom more then half way with out the picture shaking so much that the footage is unusable. On land I've been using a monopod, and that helps a lot. The auto focus is also ok but not super fast. You can't expect ultra high quality from this type of camera
So far I've gotten 4 hours of footage with an 8meg memory card, but I did have to buy an extra battery. I run out of juice long before I run out of room on the card. The camera also works well under water. Just make sure that the cover is closed all the way or it's not waterproof. I got it to go kayaking, so the one hand operation is nice and I put a float on it, so when I drop it in the water I can retrieve it down stream. After loosing several pair of binoculars that way, it's good to have a "cheap" camcorder that I don't have to worry about. The sound quality is also a bit lacking, especially in the wind, the audio sounds like a hurricane is blowing.
I'm a Mac user, and the camera down loads to Iphoto via USB, not Imovie, sort of a pain, and it's slow. I find that if I create a desktop folder and download to the folder first, and then Imovie, it's a little faster. Over all a good camera for limited uses and a good price. I'm glad I got it.
See a video shot with the Xacti at:[...]Get more detail about Sanyo Xacti VPC-E2 Digital Camcorder and 8 MP Digital Camera (Blue).
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