JVC Everio GZ-MS230 (Red)

Pros: Lightweight, easy operation, fairly good video quality. Price.

Cons: Scroll bar a little hard to use, and software is a waste of time installing. Battery life.

Summary: As mentioned. This is a great little camera for the money. $249.00 at video only, and they were out of stock so they threw in a free case! Sure it's a little shy on memory, but you can pick up an 8g memory card and double the memory for about $25.00. Also highly recommend purchase of the optional high end battery - about $75.00. Has plenty of features, takes great video and still shots. I found 1 other review on this camera and they said this camera was hard to use with one hand. Honestly, I though so at first too until I learned how to strap it to my hand correctly. This is critical for one handed operation. The strap must be fairly tight for one handed operation, but once you get it right, you could walk around all day with this thing attatched to hand hand and not know its there, and be ready to shoot instantly. Sure you could spend more and get more, but if you broke like me, pick one of these up! BTW, use the software disc for target practice. Takes up 280 BG and is very difficult to use. I have used several DVD programs and they are all easier than this software.