hey richard i got a 101, its the best thing since sliced bread. my advice is if you want a camcorder then get a sony (101 if you can still buy it), if you want to take stills then buy a camera, i use fuji finepix F610.
cheers nomad ps i was on hols in feutra ventura and all the camera shops were trying to sell me new camcorder.... until they saw what i already owned...
pps got my 101 for £869 by going on kelkoo, retail was £1200