I currently own a Panasonic that I have had for 3 years now and wouldn't want to change it for nothing. I bought Panasonic after seeing rhem tested at work. Alot of video cameras were tested at work for a year and 1/2 and nothing lasted as long as the Panasonic did. They were tested at a rate of twenty four hours a day in around dampness and at times dust. Panasonic out lasted them all by a long shot.