This is a great video camera for the money. It will fill up your big screen with pretty good quality video. I can't comment about the stills because I use a digital camera for photos and never took a picture this camera. If you are planning to buy this one, I suggest getting an extra battery, the external battery charger, a couple of 32Gb cards and the wide angle converter lens. That's what I did and I'm glad because every single item came in handy. Also, keep it on the MX quality video setting. Enjoy!Get more detail about Canon VIXIA HFS10 HD Dual Flash Memory with 32 GB Internal Memory and 10x Optical Zoom.