Hands-on with the Samsung VP-HMX20: Flash! Ah-aaah!

The HMX20 takes stills while recording, which is a great feature for getting decent frame grabs to complement your films. It packs a 1/1.8-inch CMOS imaging chip, with a whopping 6 megapixels for quality stills. And what's that sitting proudly on top of the lens? We could swear that wasn't in the last picture -- you can click back and check if you like. That's right: it's a pop-up flash. The flash doesn't act as a lamp, sadly, but it's still pretty neat.