I stuck my V1 out of my patio door and caught this songbird taking a bath, I thought my HVR A1 was good, this cam, to me, is a tremendous difference, this was shot at 1080i 24p rendered in vegas 7 at 1080 24p intermediate then converted to mov. file

http://www.hughmobley.com/bird.html

Very neat find.
you must have been at a long focal length--even the stone right behind the bird is soft.

I am just figuring out to use this cam, alot of combinations of settings