I've been trying to record with this for a while now, and the manual/instructions that came with it is worthless. I just recently did a video, and when I got back to watch it, it some how went into fast mode (not sue of the technical name for it), and I never took it out of normal speed. Sometimes when you think your recording, you're not (I used mine with riding my motorcycle, it's mounted to my helmet). It's a decent camera just can seem to get it to do what I need it to do, RECORD normal and when I hit the record button.