Fine and well. But really, a solid camcorder doesn't deliver the quality of a dedicated HD camera with changeable lenses and so forth. There's a quite affordable one out there, the Red One. Some independent films are shot on it, The Girlfriend Experience, for example. The point-a-corder-on-the-couch-flooded-with-light production style doesn't work here without any negative side effects. Some knowledge about photography is essential for good results. I don't know about the experience regarding this knowledge when it comes to the people who shoot most of the gonzo stuff, but suspect that they either aren't the ones who know or can't comprehend. They might even go postal and say that it always worked and tell the people who confront them with the issue to go fuck themselves. Those poor bastards just don't get the technology vibe and will suffer the consequences. No one would shoot and distribute on DV or VHS anymore for the simple fact that it's a lesser quality. All the HD camcorders will look as bad in the future in comparison to the then current HD cameras. It works for DVD production, the HD video on Blu-Ray Discs, not some heavily compressed webstream to save bandwidth, shows all the mistakes made when the TV set is good enough. TVs get better and cheaper all the time. The low-tech tards will get squashed and I will smile in the process.