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I bought a Canon ZR75 back at Christmas after comparing camcorders for about 3 months before. This camera is an awesome little camera. It does take still shots and has a memory card and image stabilization.(most of them do now days) It will also send pics to your computer for editing with a fire wire. Remember that the higher the OPTICAL zoom, the clearer the images. This one is 22X optical. I haven't found a higher one yet for under $1000. I also looked at Sony, but they had more digital zoom which becomes fuzzy as you zoom in on objects. You can compare camcorders at bestbuy.com...and they have a little section you can learn a lot from about purchasing the camcorder that suits your needs. I think I paid $700 for mine, and it'll do stuff that I dont know how to do without studying the manual for a while. Hope this helps out. Good luck!! 8)

BTW...I'm pretty sure they have newer models out now, like a ZR85 or 90....Same thing as the 75, just more features.