For those having camcorder problems, I got my mine to work using 12/07! By default, it doesn't focus, but it doesn't FC either, that's an improvement. So I rename the default camera, copy the 11/05 camera, fix permissions, reboot & voila, it works! Of course, on screen zoom is still broken, but I can live with that. The only substantial thing I did different this time was to install gapps, but I'd be surprised if that made the difference.
One last thing that bugs me a little is that the videos only playback properly if they're originally recorded in landscape. If they're recorded in portrait mode, they play back rotated 90 degrees & distorted. This issue isn't new, but is it just me, or do others experience this too?