Quality You can push your camcorder a little further if you spend time (and money) on properly lighting your scene. You'll never be able to compete with the quality of 35mm, but you will get better images than if you just point and shoot. Obviously the most key thing to focus your lighting on is your subject. But for overall image quality, you should also light your backgrounds appropriately. You might also find it a lot easier if you turn off the auto-exposure and auto-focus functions on your camcorder and do them manually - particularly if you are tilting/panning or moving the camera. If your camera does not allow manual exposures/focus, then you are making life extremely difficult for yourself and should really consider upgrading to one that does.
