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The HC7 is light, well balanced and sparsely outfitted with external controls. Zoom, mode and photo controls are within easy reach of your right index finger, and your thumb hovers naturally over the Record button. Only five other buttons and one switch are on the camcorder’s body; one button is assignable to different tasks. The small color viewfinder pulls out about %” from the body, giving you reasonable clearance from the battery below.