well made up my mine and P/T exchanging for a Sony FDR-AX53. main reason is to be able to produce steadier footage while walking. Nothing wrong with the panasonic HC x-900m but if I sold it on here and something did go wrong I would not forgive myself. Very hard to actually find a retailer but I found one giving a discount, seems camcorders are not in vogue at the moment as everyone is going to mirrorless cameras. Also ordered spare batteries and charger and front filter ( may gat a hood later on) .One thing I do like is the handle with the controls on, saves messing about using other hand to make adjustments on the move. The hot shoe is in the middle of the camera body whereas the panasonic has a clip- in unit that fits right at the front making a mike with a muffler (dead cat) more of a nuiisance.
Of course i will miss the panasonic, it has been to so many countries with me I have lost count but 9 years old it is now ancient in camera terms. In tghe post above it looks as if it is starting to give a few problems, yet i have only had to have the stills/video/replay switch replaced once.
Sony did make one with twun lenses, one as normal and the other on a swivel on the outside edge of the screen, brilliant idea if vlogging. You could video yourself in a bit of the main screen don't know why they dropped it from production
Just got to wait now for everything to arrive