Disappointed

so... My old Panasonic broke and I needed a new vid camera. The guy at B&H talked me into this deal, "the Canon optics are better!"
I'm a "read the manual last" kinda guy, with good tech intuition, but the Canon had me flummoxed from the start.
The Menu is hard to navigate and non-intuitive: you need to push a tiny wheelie thing around, then back out of any submenu to go elsewhere.
It didn't come with a battery charging cradle--you can only charge the battery while it's in the camera. (My ancient Pana had one)
Auto-focus is miserable in low light, even under normal indoor lamp light. (my Pana was fine)
The "night" setting produces an awful jumpy, cell-phone cam quality picture, unwatchable.
The LED spotlight in front is laughable, unless you're filming close-up.
Shake-stabilizer doesn't do anything (my 8 yr old Pana did better)
The "easy" setting seems to guarantee only a bad shot. I don't understand what it's for.
But maybe I should go back and read the manual.