Lessons:
1. Auto exposure is not to be trusted–manual adjustment is often necessary;
2. Camcorder LCD is not to be trusted–always use a monitor;
3. Samsung Q1 works well as a monitor (what a waste) but might lack juice for real time encoding

I really begin to appreciate the manual controls of my Panasonic GS400; I am glad that I kept one–out of three–for myself back in last year.

I also discovered this great video upload site: www.vimeo.com. It has a few advantages over its competitors:
1. No time limit (YouTube’s limit is 10 min);
2. No individual size limit–only a weekly limit of 250MB;
3. Relatively high quality
4. Option to download original