My friend and co-worker received a camcorder minidv as a Christmas gift from her family. She was so thrilled and very appreciative. Her son is getting married in early fall, so this was the gift that she wanted and was so relieved her family listened. She is the one who loves to film and take the pictures.  Her family will have a houseful of relatives and many friends coming to the wedding many from out-of-state, so she wants to capture every moment of this event. She told me she had the old, cumbersome and heavy camcorder of old, so now with this camcorder minidv she won’t get tired lugging it around.  From what she says, the camcorder minidv has everything you would want on it and more. She needs to read all the instructions on it, so she is sure to use everything the camcorder minidv has to offer.  I am sure the mini will be used many times before the wedding. By the time the wedding rolls around, she will be a pro on capturing every fun moment.