Well, it might have all the necessary features. Unfortunately, you will never find an ideal camcorder just because it does not exist. If you want to buy a large camcorder, with a great optical zoom, high-quality video recordings then you should be prepared that this model will be very heavy. But still, you need to pay special attention to the dimensions of the LCD screen, range of the optical zoom, and of course quality of the video recording. If you want to have a camcorder of extra quality then you definitely should take in mind that your camcorder will be a little bit heavy.