Thanks Marc, my budget is really set aound £200 and I need to stick to this. Another of my professional golfer friends reckons the shutter speed is all important for the golf bit ( he says I need 1/8000 of a second) but I am really torn between getting something good enough to play slow mo on computer or tv and something that just is a bog standard camcorder. Jessops have several on sale but still not sure of the most important features to go for ie shutter speed etc!