Panasonic HDC SD9

Panasonic's HDC SD9 is very small, but it does fall short in a no. of areas.

For beginners, Panasonic included a few quirky design choices.

For instance, removing the battery requires the LCD cover to be open, but doing so can also turn the camera on unless you place it in a different mode.

Granted, the small size didn't leave the outfit too much to work with, but if you are easily flustered by these kinds of niggles, you can run far, far away right now.

As for image quality, still shots are marginally better than awful, but capturing full motion HD clips is something it does manage to do relatively well.