Professional or consumer? Looks can be deceiving with the Panasonic AG-HSC1 camcorder. It’s small enough to fit your palm, yet it has features like three 1/4" native 16:9 CCDs and manual adjustment of iris, focus, shutter, white balance and mic input levels. We were also glad to see an external mic jack, lens filter threads, optical image stabilization, color bars and zebra indicators in such a compact camcorder. The AG-HSC1 records a 1080i AVCHD signal to SD memory cards and the new higher-capacity SDHC cards. Though it has very few external controls, you can easily adjust settings from the screen’s menu. The HSC1 has no viewfinder, forcing you to use the LCD screen at all times. Panasonic engineered rubber grip on the right side of the body, making it very sturdy to hold. The overall image quality is good enough to rival those of full-sized camcorders. For its size and features, the Panasonic AG-HSC1 is truly in a class of its own.