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Here’s some camcorder marketing talk you can ignore:

1. 100x digital zoom — digital zoom enlarges your digital image, resulting in lower quality.
2. Software included — chose the software that suits you, not some feature-limited, outdated software that comes bundled with your camera.
3. Filming at 0 lux — no camera can film without light. The result is a grainy, colorless, low quality picture.
4. Electronic stabilizer — while promising sturdy pictures without a tripod, this really degrades your picture quality. Optical stabilization is what you want. Or – for best quality – a tripod.
5. Digital effects — this is really something you want to do in editing, not in-camera. Keep your options open!