With the Panasonic AG-456 video camera, users get a reliable and easy-to-use analog camcorder that records files onto S-VHS tapes. Designed for the semi-professsional market, this Panasonic camcorder features a 12x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom to aid users in capturing close-up shots with clarity and emphasis. A manual zoom lever allows incremental control of the zoom feature on this Panasonic AG-456 video camera. White balance, iris, and focus are automatic, but its manual overrides allow additional creative control for the users. Several digital effects, including still, strobe and tracer, along with flying erase heads enable some amount of in-camera editing on this VHS camcorder. Designed to be used on the right shoulder, the controls for this gray Panasonic camcorder are intuitively crafted as push buttons on the left side of the camera. Moreover, an electronic display in the viewfinder illustrates settings and provides information to the users using the VHS camcorder. Both S-video and RCA connectors connect the camcorder to any compatible television. Producing high quality analog video results, the Panasonic camcorder is an ideal device for those users who want to explore and experiment with filmmaking.