well Guys I made the plunge and bought a HV10, I really wanted a XL2, but I’m really not a pro, I don’t do weddings, I don’t shoot Documentary’s (I would like too shoot wildlife documentary in the future) Plus I live in Canada it’s so expensive to buy here. So I’m charging the battery as I type this and hope to use it this weekend to shoot some eagles and if I’m lucky some wolves,
I think it will be a great cam in the field its so small, I’m very impressed with the video’s that I have seen from other owners on this site…
If I get some good footage, I'll post it......

Congratulations! You are going to love it. Going on walks with my wife is now even more fun! We are continually thinking of places to go and capture footage.

Try all the different modes and learn all you can about them. This little camera can truly capture your life in spectacular detail and its a blast to have it captured in HDV!!!

Good luck on capturing those eagles and or wolves and please do share some of that footage with us!

Looking forward to it. :)