Happy with my purchase and worth the price. Would recommend to others. A few notes since nobody else has reviewed this yet.
Video & audio quality are as expected and very good.
Wireless feature is not usable for me. I have my wireless network locked down in part by MAC address (if you don't know what that means, you can safely ignore this part of the review). Unfortunately, the camera does not tell you what its MAC address is, and it isn't located anywhere on the body. The manual is likewise missing any information on this. And for those of you who say I can just have my router scan my network for it, I live in a townhouse community with like 100 other wireless devices all showing up on scans.
Built-in 8gb of storage is great, but you'll still need to get a memory card if you are going to use this thing for real. I picked up a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB SDXC Class 10 30MB/s (SDSDU-064G-U46) and it works fine with no issues.
Stock battery sticks out the back some since the camera was shrunk down to be small. I'm fine with it, wife hates it. If you choose to upgrade to a bigger battery, this will be even more pronounced. If you plan on recording more than 90 minutes or so, you'll need a bigger battery.
Touchscreen isn't like your iPad you've gotta press a fair amount to get it to register what you're doing. I find myself having to put my free fingers behind the panel to help hold it since I have to push so much. I've gotten more familiar with this over the past week or two, but I still like to hold the touchscreen. Also, touchscreen isn't the most accurate. I don't have chubby fingers, but it doesn't always click where I want it to. Again, I've gotten better with practice at clicking where I want, but it still sometimes goes goofy. I still prefer a joystick.
Has a mini hot shoe. Haven't used it yet, but be aware if you have full sized hot shoe accessories.
Don't think my griping makes me regret my purchase. Like I said before, I'm happy with the purchase and would buy it again. Photo & video/audio quality are great.
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