Sony HDR-CX105E

Hi James, I am going to buy my first digital camcorder and I am very attracted by the Sanyo HD2000. After reading you review I put also the cx105e on the list, and I really can't decide between these two.
The Sanyo is 1080p, while the CX105 is 1080i.
The sony has an optical image stabilizer, while the sanyo digital one does not work very well, according to users comments.
The sanyo has a mic-in port and it uses standard SDHC cards, while sony uses the more expensive MS format.
I also cannot find a cx105 sample video at maximum resolution, so I cannot compare the image quality (colors, contrast, sharpness, noise under low-light etc.).
I'd also like to know something about the effective battery life.
What do you think?
Please help me! :-)

Could somebody tell me whether it'd be possible to put different lenses on this camera? Such as an 'opteka fisheye' lens? I'm a total newbie to camcorders, but would love to get some nice footage when I go away to Rome and want to be able to play around with a fisheye on some of the sights. Any help would be most appreciated, thank you :)

I just wanted to point out that Sony has been replacing the automatic lens cover with a manual on a lot of their new models, even higher priced ones. The reason? Reliyability. I have had 4 Sony camcorders with auto lens covers and ALL of them ended up having to go to repairs due to worn down parts. The little engine that flips it up and down can't withstand the amount of usage it receives. I personally welcome the manual, since it does not use up battery power, and it's more reliable. Not to mention it reduces the cost. It's just a small pointless thing to have really.

just came accross this review...being a 1080i camcorder the CX105 doesn't really need all of the 2 mil pixels of 1080p...interlaced fields of 1080i video are 1920x540 which is actually just a tiny bit more than 1 mil pixels...so 1,17 mil pixel is enough to catter for both 720p and 1080i...no pixels are really lost or interpolated...