produce good results, go for it. Serious cameras do not include MP3 players. I doubt that they ever will. Those will be built in to your phone or PDA.
Are these compact all-in-one things really worth the buy? I keep hearing that the video quality is terrible, but then so many people say that they like them. I'm a college student who wants to just goof around and film my friends, parties, etc, but I don't have the bank to break. Any suggestions?
PS Parties = a lot of low light use.

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