Oops , nearly forgot to post the outcome.
The verdict, on a scale of 1-10, I would give it 8
An excellent camera overall. I have not tried out many of the features apart from the main ones to me - night mode, playback, photo, mic sensitivity and the zoom and other little tit-bits (there are a lot).
Essentially the recording and playback is superb. With the wide angle lense attachment
wow.
Its also got a widescreen mode. You can pretty much get one whole side of a room in ! Of course, depends how big your room is
That means that if you have a widescreen tv you can get a really good feel for a progressive dance as you can see a great deal of it before you dissapear behind the camera
Im not going to give a blow by blow account but the only slightly negative thing I could say is that the motor is ever so slightly noticeable but, lets face it, you are not going to notice on playback unless you were listening for it.
Very good camera and for the price
