Archive for the 'Canon' Category
Canon HR10 Review
Monday, November 26th, 2007The DVD-recordable child in Canon’s nursery of consumer HD camcorders, the HR10 has the distinction of being my least favorite of the lot. Because it records to DVDs in the AVCHD format, it lacks the speed and compatibility of the less-expensive HV20, the recording capacity of the hard-disk-based HG10, and the compactness of the tape-based [...]
Canon HG10 Review
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007It’s been a longish wait, but Canon will finally premiere its first hard-disk based camcorder this October, the AVCHD-compatible HG10. Based on the innards and lens of the HV20, the HG10 nevertheless uses an almost completely different design, one that takes a few chances–not necessarily successful ones.
Canon XH G1 Camcorder Review
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Giving independent videographers something to choose from besides its popular but long-in-the-tooth GL2, Canon offers up two HDV models designed to appeal to the prosumer and entry-level pro markets. Derived from the same technology that the professional-level XL H1 uses, the XH A1 and the XH G1 HDV models trade the XL H1’s interchangeable lens [...]
Canon XH A1 Camcorder Review
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Giving independent videographers something to choose from besides its popular but long-in-the-tooth GL2, Canon offers up two HDV models designed to appeal to the prosumer and entry-level pro markets. Derived from the same technology that the professional-level XL H1 uses, the XH A1 and the XH G1 HDV models trade the XL H1’s interchangeable lens [...]
Canon HV20 Camcorder Review
Monday, April 9th, 2007When Canon first showed us the HV10, we were surprised that the company chose a vertical form for its first compact HD camcorder. In our review, we found that the vertical design brought with it some irksome ergonomic issues. Canon’s follow-up, the HV20, includes all the same features as the HV10, plus 24p recording, an [...]
