I wouldn't let the "stills" functionality guide you in any way. The bottom line is that stills from a videocam SUCK. Period, end of story. Any crap digital camera will take a better still than a videocam's still. The excepting might be an HD cam, but even then I bet not, and especially not in low-light conditions like concerts. Buy it for the video. BTW, I can vouche for the GS series MiniDV cams, they are pretty nice at their price point.