Canon Vixia HF10 Camcorders

DESCRIPTION

From Canon's long history of optical excellence, advanced image processing, superb performance and technological innovation in photographic and broadcast television cameras comes the latest in high definition camcorders. Now, with the light, compact Canon VIXIA HF10, you can have stunning AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) format recording with the ease and numerous benefits of Flash Memory. It's used in some of the world's most innovative electronic products such as laptop computers, MP3 players, PDAs and cell phones. Canon offers the best in Flash Memory with Dual Flash Memory- record to both the camcorder's 16 GB internal memory and a removable SDHC card, extending your available recording space and offering added flexibility in file transfer and playback. Add to that the VIXIA HF10's Canon Exclusive features such as our own 3.3 Megapixel Full HD CMOS sensor and advanced DIGIC DV II Image Processor, SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization, Instant Auto Focus, our 2.7" Widescreen Multi-Angle Vivid LCD and the Genuine Canon 12x HD video zoom lens and you have a Flash Memory camcorder that's hard to beat and unmistakably Canon.

USER REVIEWS

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[Apr 27, 2009]

stanc1

Intermediate

Strength:

Superb videos. Over one hundred videos were made prior to the first camera's failure. The second camera failed right out of the box.

Weakness:

The first Canon VIXIA HF10 made 79 videos and all was well. Then it stopped transferring the movies to the computer. Software is iMovie; hardware is Intel-equipped Mac Pro (tower, not laptop), operating system is OS X 10.5.6, "Leopard." Three gigabytes of RAM are installed. No changes in computer, software, nor OS were made between camera success and failure. One day movies transferred; the next day they did not. iMovie reports failure to transfer movie from camera, even though we could review the movies in itunes. Attempts at archiving the movies also failed.

The Canon VIXIA HF10 makes great movies, but the camera turned out to be a disaster. Even after an authorized exchange, the replacement camera had the same failings in spite of the Canon service center staff member's claim that the problem had been corrected while in his care.

Customer Service

Canon exchanged the first failed camera for a new one. The new camera failed out of the box. Canon authorized the second camera's return. Canon reported that there was a loose connector, which was corrected, and shipped back the second camera. It failed immediately with the same error message.

Similar Products Used:

Kodak EasyShare.

OVERALL RATING	1	★★★★★ ★★★★★

VALUE RATING	1	★★★★★ ★★★★★