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I had a funeral to attend recently. My sister-in-law's mother died, who was well into her 80's or 90's. At the last minute they asked if I could capture/record the comments somehow so that the deceased's husband, who can barely hear, would be able to play back the minister's comments later, since he couldn't hear well enough to know what was being said at the time. Not having any equipment with me other than the Sony Videocam, I tried to discretely video the service. This is one of those low res automatic shots the Sony takes while doing video. I have it programmed to lock in on faces and take an automatic shot anytime it thinks someone is smiling. In this case, in the middle of a solemn memorial ceremony, the minister did manage to smile a few times, and this is what I got. (note- I've got to get a newer Sony. My unit is 4-5 years old, and while it shoots great stills when in photo mode, it only shoots low res while doing vids. I'm sure the newer models take a much higher quality photo while doing video.)