Oh Chuck, there you go again trying to use common sense to deal with this person. It won't work man. You can beat your head into the ground with this, but your going to have headache and she's going to be happy with her DVD camera. Canon is worthy of consideration. best -Preston >One more thing: this camera is fairly expensive for someone just >interested in shooting video and playing immediately ($900). It was >my opinion a decent mini-DV camera would be better and CHEAPER! I >did recommend to her to stay w/Sony line of cameras.