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Canon VIXIA HFS10 HD Dual Flash Memory w/32GB Internal Memory & 10x Optical Zoom - 2009 MODEL

Canon VIXIA HFS10 HD Dual Flash Memory w/32GB Internal Memory & 10x Optical Zoom - 2009 MODEL

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Brand: Canon
Category: Photography

List Price: $1,199.00
Buy New: $1,019.00
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New (5) Used (8) Refurbished (1) from $724.95

Seller: ElectroBrands
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 reviews
Sales Rank: 18506

Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.7
Battery: 1 Lithium-Ion
Maximum Focal Length: 64
Minimum Focal Length: 6.4
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 2.7 x 2.8 x 5.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: 3568B001AA
Model: 3568B001AA
UPC: 013803109658
EAN: 0013803109658
ASIN: B001OI2YNS

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Features:
  • Capture up to 12 hours of HD video to a 32GB internal Flash drive as well as directly to removable SDHC memory cards
  • Genuine Canon 10x HD video lens; DIGIC DV III image processor
  • 1920 x 1080 Full HD recording; SuperRange Optical Image Stabilizer
  • Built-in 8.0-megapixel digital camera delivers stunning quality photos
  • 2.7-inch Multi-Angle Vivid Widescreen LCD; HDMI terminal for easy, one-cable connectivity to your HDTV

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Product Description
Canon's top-of-the-line, new VIXIA HF S10 Dual Flash Memory camcorder gives you everything you expect from Canon! It has a powerful, new 8.59-megapixel Full HD CMOS Image Sensor plus Canon's latest DIGIC DV III Image Processor. Add a Genuine Canon 10x HD Video Lens and the highest bit rate in AVCHD, and you've got a camcorder that delivers spectacularly realistic HD video and photos. The VIXIA HF S10 features 32GB of built-in Flash memory that records up to 12 hours of HD video.You can also record to removable SDHC memory cards for quick and easy sharing. The Canon VIXIA HF S10 camcorder lets you shoot like a pro with assist functions including new zebra patterns, color peaking, a Custom Key and Dial, and shooting modes including 24p Cinema Mode for video that looks like a holiday blockbuster. The VIXIA HF S10 incorporates some of Canon's most exciting new functions, including Genuine Canon Face Detection for perfect focus and exposure even with faces looking down or sideways, Pre- Record that captures video 3 seconds before you press the record button, and the new Video Snapshot Mode for saving your memories as a series of 4-second video clips set to music. Shoot extraordinary video and photos with the VIXIA HF S10. Canon USA 1-year limited warranty included.


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1 out of 5 stars DON'T DO IT !   June 27, 2010
Arthur Johnson (Somewhere in TN, USA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

Well now, I would LIKE to just upload a VIDEO review ... but guess what? My shiny new $[...] Canon Video Camera isn't capable of loading video onto my PC ... ? :( I hate it.

(Writing 101 Step 1.) Identify your audience.) If reading the word "Canon" makes you tingle all over, you've already drunk the Kool-Aid and I can't save you. IF you're looking for an honest, real world review about a product you're THINKING about blowing your hard earned dough on, I am speaking to YOU. DON'T DO IT.

(Writing 101 Step 2.) Qualify yourself to your audience.) I have a degree in Computer Engineering. I've built a few high end machines from scratch. Big, nasty, power hungry, dual screen jobs, with dual HDDs in RAID configs, a gazillion gigs of ram and my keyboard glows blue. :) I've pulled CAT 5 all over my house and wired my own network, so I can write scathing reviews from three different rooms. I can READ a tech manual!

I own or have owned: Sony DCRTRV250, Nikon Coolpix S220's (X2), Nikon D70 AND a Nikon D80. I've filled them all with Sandisk Memory cards (or the appropriate tape) that will hold hundreds of high res photos, and I've filled my hard drives with approximately 2,500 photos and 20 videos. I have shelves full of home movies on DVD that I shot and burned myself, and I back up all of my stuff ... but not with this Canon. :( I've shot video and taken photos of our family events and other people have looked at it and said, "Wow, that's pretty good. How did you do that?" And I have to say .. NOT with this Canon. :(

(Writing 101 Step 3.) Get to the subject.) You want to know how I was able to amass these numbers of photos and videos? By purchasing my product of choice, bringing it into our environment, our home, our lives and shooting with them. I plugged them into our PC's, TV's and/or our DVD burner, and they WORKED ... right out of the box ... without buying a single accessory or adapter, no driver downloads, no extra cables ... and they produced mildly astonishing results. Crystal clear video and still images in high resolution digital format. Then I bought this Canon, and depression set in. :( DON'T DO IT!

I HATE this thing. We paid FIVE times what we paid for the Sony DCRTRV250, for the Canon VIXIA HSF S10. I'm a fairly firm believer in the old adage, "You get what you pay for." If most video cameras are selling for $[...], and I bought one for say, $[...] ... I would not be surprised if it turned out to be a piece of crap.

I have uploaded video to youtube from my PC, that I shot with a $[...] Nikon S220 STILL camera, and I have NONE from the $[...] Canon ... ? This thing DOES NOT shoot five times better than my old Sony tape machine. It's an EXTREMELY overpriced piece of technology that you do not need, and will not like.

Pros:
1. It can take hours of STUNNING, high quality, high res digital video and save it to 32 GB of internal flash memory with no moving parts. (Read - robust, no moving parts to fail.)

Cons:
1. IF you want to actually DO anything with the video you've shot, be prepared to shell out a LOT MORE money.

We have: four TV's, two VCR's, three PC's, four digital camera's, three DVD players and one DVD burner. We can hook anything to anything, and they all work. I have USB cables, composite cables, video cables, Firewire cables, coax cables, network cable, all over the house. I could hook the old Sony to the PC's or TV's and the DVD burner, no firmware updates, no 'extra cables'. I shot lightning bugs out in the yard with the Sony,(LOW LIGHT!) and it came out beautifully. We've hooked the Nikon still cameras to the TV's, the DVD Burner, and the PC's, no downloads, no extra cables.

The 'accessories' that came with the Canon VIXIA HFS10, allowed me to WATCH what I recorded with the camera on my HDTV, through a composite cable, NOT an HDMI (So I'm not actually watching the high definition video the camera shot.) ... because the HDMI cable that would hook this camera to a display is Canon proprietary, (won't fit anything else) costs around $[...], and doesn't come with the camera for the low, low price of $[...] ... ? That's just wrong.

Con 2.) Battery life of the battery that comes with the camera is a joke. 60 minutes in optimum conditions and counting down from there. Every charge and discharge, the charge life decreases by a small percentage. Hot, cold, left the camera sitting for a few weeks? No way you're going to get 60 minutes of recording time out of it.

What good is 8 hours of recording time on the internal flash memory, if the battery is only good for 45 minutes? The supplemental battery that is 'available' for around $[...](I bought one) ... will get you about 2.5 hours of recording time. Which is pretty good ... for another $[...]. :( If you need more recording time power than that, be prepared to shell out another $[...] for each battery, or be tied to an outlet. (My most memorable moments have happened within 8 feet or so of an electrical outlet, haven't yours? ... :)

Con 3.) It DID come with a USB cable ... and a bundle of software that I have YET to read a good review about. I protect my PC's like my mother's honor. I don't want to load software, unless I know it's going to work flawlessly. What the he11 good is a $2K rig, with $[...] software ? ! I've never even used it (the software). Therefore, I can't view video on the camera from the PC. (The Sony AND the Nikon's are "Plug and Play")

Con 4.) I paid ANOTHER $[...] for the smoking hottest, SDHC memory card AND a card reader available at the time, Class 10, so I could copy my crisp, clear, awesome, high def video to my PC ... Guess what? The CAMERA doesn't support the latest and greatest Class 10 spec for high definition recording ... ? :( Still no video on my PC.

Con 5.) And this is a biggie. Low light (MOST of our memorable moments, happen in LOW LIGHT conditions. Cloudy, sunrise/sunset, at night under artificial light, in shadows, this thing flat SUCKS at shooting in these conditions. Discovering this, is the deal breaker that prompted me to write this review. This camera will NOT take as good quality video, as our 7 year old, $[...] Sony Digital tape machine. I'm telling you, I have experience and proof. (BUT, they DO have an optional accessory video light 'available' ... if you've got any money left.)

Con 6.) Well, I guess if I can't shoot more than an hour, and I can't shoot in low light, I'll just carry it around with me in the daytime and shoot what I can get then ... ? Wrong. There is NO "Through-the-lens" capability on this thing. You MUST view it through the LCD screen, (which drains the battery) which is nigh impossible to see in bright sunlight ! AAaarrggghhhh ! Give me a break! :( I can't use it at night because the camera can't see, I can't use it in the daytime, because I can't see, what the camera can see. I paid enough for this camera for it to be able to focus and record itself and tell me when it's finished !

Con 7.) The MENU. Instead of going into any great long detail about this Con, I'm just going to say, it's a Con. If you've read this far and you're not convinced, then you deserve to buy one and experience the 'menu' for yourself.

Con 8.) It's light as a feather ... I know, I know ... you're thinking, this guy has ranted on so long, he's bumfuzzled. This should be a PRO, NOT. There is no mass to this thing, nothing to push against, no weight. It is nearly impossible to shoot a scene without camera shake. I have fairly steady hands. I can solder electronic parts, thread a needle, pick splinters out of squirming little hands, shoot my NIKON and my SONY in LOW LIGHT, HAND HELD, AND shoot a bow ...

The only way I can get a steady shot with this thing, is to find a wall to lean against, and hold the camera at eye level with BOTH HANDS, like I'm holding up a chalice or something, while I'm standing in the SHADE (So I can see the LCD screen) and shooting the subject in the sun (So the dang camera can see what I'm trying to record) OR I can drag a tripod around with me everywhere I go ... ? :(

This leads me to Con 9.) WHILE you're holding it with BOTH hands to try and get your shot steady, (which you will not), you're going to bump the 'manual focus button' ... like I did. Then you can go get your manual and try to figure out why your new, shiny, HD, 32 GB internal memory, autofocus, Canon video camera isn't AUTOFOCUSING ... ?

I'm a fairly product loyal guy. If I buy something and it works, I continue to buy those products until they 'improve them' to the point they're useless, or they 'discontinue' them, or sometimes, even in a great while, I might even find something that works a little better. Because of this very expensive 'mistake' on my part, I will NEVER buy another Canon Product. I've had nothing but positive experiences with Nikon and Sony digital imaging products. My one experience with Canon, has been BAD, and I spent MORE on it than I did the others combined! Shame on Canon. Boo ... hiss.

THIS THING SUCKS! DON'T DO IT.

That's my review, and I'm sticking to it. I wish I'd bought another Sony. OR, I wish Nikon made one. OR, I wish some of these people that are writing these great reviews about this piece of crap, would tell one of their FRIENDS to buy MINE from ME. I'll sell it for 90% of what I've got in it, all "accessories" included ... and count myself a wiser man. :(

If any of you Canon disciples out there want this jewel, you just reply to this review and let me know. I'll be glad to 'hook U up'. I've kept it clean, dry, charged, I've recorded less than 50 hours of video, and I've uploaded ZERO. :)

It's an overpriced piece of crap.



5 out of 5 stars Great HD video camera, great value   June 17, 2010
M. Massey (Memphis, Tn USA)
I researched like crazy and settled on this camcorder, bought it in early Mach, 2010 from Amazon. I wanted a good HD camcorder to video my son in his last season of high school baseball. The HD quality is superb when camcorder is connected to my Samsung HD TV. Whether I filmed under the lights or during the day, excellent quality video and even when zoomed in 10x, the quality, thanks to HD, is amazing.

It is very easy to turn on and start taking video, although I still haven't used it enough to know how to adjust all the settings and take advantage of all the possible tweaks, etc.

One weird thing: I bought this in early March, 2010 and paid $799 on Amazon.com. I see it is now over $1100 on Amazon. How does this camera go from $799 to over $1100 in 3 1/2 months? I don't think I've ever seen electronic equipment become more expensive over time, certainly not increasing in cost by nearly 50%! What's up with that?

This camcorder is solid. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with it. However, it's a lot easier to be happy with it at a cost of $799 than at a cost of $1100 to $1200. I'd google and find it cheaper if Amazon is going to charge over $1100 for it now.




5 out of 5 stars CANON Quality, never fails to impress!   May 29, 2010
J. Prince (nc)
I could go on and on about how i like this camcorder, but I will hold back a little. I puchased this one for 1100 back in December and have not had an issue yet. I got accessories like the 58mm Mennon Lens Hood, and the DM-50 microphone attachment (for the mini canon advancment shoe) and sunpack 7575 fluid head tripod.. combine this make this camcorder look ever that more professional and I made my own steady cam.. I origionally bought this for my wedding coming up in 2 weeks..

Here are some other thoughts:
>By a 58mm UV lens cover before you use this camcorder (it will prevent dust from touch the lens and blocks damaging sunlight)

>the 8 megapixil built in camera is great, however it lacks in darker settings.

>Also I bought this when the newest version just came out the Vixia HF S11.. I just seen the price and it was only 999 in best buy.. and it is probably cheaper... i did not know it was touch screen.. this is kinda cool, but probably not much different from the S10..

just look at your options, but you will not be upset with this buy



5 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, but first consider the TOTAL PACKAGE cost   May 17, 2010
Stockstradr (Bay Area)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

MY BACKGROUND: techno-geek engineer, camera and camcorder enthusiast, not a pro videographer or pro photographer. I purchased this product from Amazon (great price!) and have explored its capabilities VERY thoroughly for nine months. I use this camcorder to capture magic moments in the life of our 15 month-old daughter.

REVIEW IN A PARAGRAPH:
Highly recommended for being one of the best full HD (60i/30p @ 1920x1080) "prosumer" camcorders - at this price level. Yes, the convenient SD flash memory is so much better than messy digital tape. The Auto Focus often works even after you attach the recommended accessory lenses or filters. We love this video camera! However you only see the exceptionally vibrant and very-close-to-broadcast-quality video IF you shoot under very bright indoor light lighting conditions (or outdoor on sunny day, or a cloudy day that still manages to be bright) ; otherwise, in less intense indoor lighting the video looks good but nothing that your eyes will perceive as close-to-broadcast-HD quality. (NOTE: this drawback of lower performance in less light is typical to ALL camcorders at this price point, and this one is the least affected by it.) Qualifier: no "video professional" with trained eyes would ever mistake the best video from this camcorder for being close to true broadcast-quality HD, but I do claim that the typical non-professional WILL perceive it as being stunningly close.

An example will help explain what is meant by "very bright indoor lighting": if we shoot video at our kitchen table (under direct overhead lighting of five unshaded 75-watt incandescent bulbs) even that much light is NOT enough light to get the best video this camcorder can produce. However, if I put two separate inexpensive flood lights (each using two standard 150-watt incandescent bulbs, so in total 600 Watts!) directly on the subject from about five feet away, then the resulting HD video is so close to broadcast-quality on brightness, crispness, and color intensity that friends and family are stunned when seeing it on a big-screen LCD. For great indoor video, you'll need something like two easily movable floor lamps / floods that you can position to put at least 600 watts of incandescent light (or equiv.) onto your subject. If your home decor doesn't suffer to much for it, you can check out the inexpensive 72" Tochiere brushed metal Floor Lamps available from low-cost department store starting with "T" named after something you aim at. Get about three or four of those to move quickly around the house; you'll have plenty of light for shooting video.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS ABOUT THE S10/S100:
1) Shoots astoundingly great photos and can even do continuous-mode 8-megapixel snapshots at 5 frames/second. You will not miss your baby's momentary smile when you can shoot continuous stills at 5 f/sec, but if you do that for several minutes you will have A LOT of still images to parse!
2) The AF sensor is located INSIDE the lens ring, meaning the AF usually keeps working even with a variety (but not all) lens attachments.
3) It has the weird proprietary Canon Mini Advanced Accessory Shoe, so your previously existing Universal Hot Shoe accessories (such as camera external flash) will not fit this camcorder. You can buy a small adapter, but that can only convert to a universal COLD shoe.
4) It may have a 8.6Mp CMOS sensor, but it only utilizes 6Mp of that sensor when shooting movies. However, the video still looks great.
5) This camcorder records to its memory in 60i; when you set its recording mode to say "24PF" or "30PF" it merely changes its post shooting CONVERSION method. If your goal is something like 24p, you will get better results to simply shoot in its native format, and do your own conversion in post using a higher-end 3rd party utility such as Cineform Neo Scene. NOTE: many report better video end result by using Cineform Neo Scene (or similar) to convert ALL of the S10/S100 AVCHD files for editing as visually lossless (but much larger) CineForm AVI or MOV files.
6) Get a Blu-ray burner (~$200) for your PC, and you can directly burn this camcorder's video onto Blu-ray disks, yielding permanent media containing stunning video when seen on a big screen HD LCD.

KNOW THIS BEFORE YOU BUY:
This is NOT a sub $1000 investment; it is more like $1600+ (because you'll need to buy multiple must-have accessories). Plus, you'll likely discover your PC isn't fast enough to edit the very CPU-intensive AVCHD video, so you'll need to buy a very fast PC (which will cost you another $1500, or more). My total outlay is now over four grand, when I also include the cost of the faster PC we had to buy.

This will better explain how the "total package" must include the critically-needed accessories: imagine you shoot video of your child's soccer game in the park, only to discover your video is garbage because of wind noise. You see, to get acceptable sound when shooting under even slight wind conditions, ANY camcorder must use an external video mic equipped with a "dead cat" wind screen. Next, imagine you are sitting w/friends at dinner and you point the camera to capture mom holding baby on the opposite side of the table, but can't get them into the frame - because you need to buy a wide-angle lens. And there are a half-dozen other critically-needed video accessories you'll find you must buy to cover different shooting conditions; otherwise, you are gonna get embarrassingly mediocre video. This holds true for any camcorder, not just this one.

CONCLUSION: if this camcorder AND the minimally-required accessories (and new PC!) is outside your budget, then you're better offer buying a less-expensive camcorder so you can then also buy its critically needed accessories - because that lower cost (but more complete system) will yield better final video product, even if the video happens to be slightly lower resolution and not as crisp as you get from this Canon camcorder.

OK, let's say you're not worried about your budget. You've got money to burn. That's why I posted this review, to offer tips on the best "minimal set of accessories" for this Canon camcorder. I spent many hours reading online reviews specific to the S100, then I bought a variety of recommended accessories and tested them, figured out which are critically-needed for good video, parsing them down to this list of MUST-HAVE accessories to get great video from the S100:

-> PC w/Intel Core i7-920 2.66GHz (or similar), at least 4GB (or more) SDRAM, ATI Radeon HD 4850 (or better) video card, Blu-ray Disc Burner, plus a good 1080x1920 LCD monitor OR matching dual-LCD-monitors (1080x1920) highly recommended for video editing. OR: (expensive choice) Mac Pro Quad-Core (or 8 Core), with 3GB SDRAM (or more). Plus in either case you need at least a 1TB (2TB is better) in a RAID0 (or RAID10) array for needed read/write speeds; alternatively, you could go without the RAID and instead temporarily edit your video off a super-fast SSD (Intel X25-M, or similar), but you'll still need a large conventional hard drive (min 2TB) for archiving your video.
-> Video editing software. Limit your choices to software built to handle AVCHD format, such as: Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 (PC Windows, lowest cost but powerful), OR: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 (expensive but considered very good, well-reviewed). NOTES: the Canon Pixela video editing software included w/this camcorder is horrible. WARNING: before you buy ANY version 9 of Sony Vegas Movie Studio, be sure you read the reviews explaining the "crashes during render" which the only known fix can be a bit too "complex" for non-geek types and involves downloading CFF explorer from ntcore, installing it, then running CFFExplorer as Administrator and MANUALLY re-setting the 2GB limit flag in about FIVE different Sony Vegas run files so they can handle > than 2gig address space. This complex solution is found in the site sonycreativesoftware, go to Support > Forums.
-> Canon DM-100 Directional Stereo Microphone (I strongly recommend this Canon mic, as it does both mono shotgun mode, and also 90-degree and 120-degree stereo modes, and the S100 interacts w/this mic through the Mini Advanced Accessory Shoe), However, some pro's seem to prefer the Rode mics, such as Rode Stereo VideoMic + Dead Kitten wind screen, OR the Rode (shotgun) VideoMic. NOTES: for Rode camcorder mics to mount on S10/S100, you should google something like "Mini Advanced Accessory Shoe to Universal Shoe Adapter" to find the adapter you'll need.
-> Canon BP-819 Lithium Ion Battery Pack for HF10, HF100 HF S & HF M Camcorders (expensive!). It doubles the std battery capacity (1780mAh vs. 890 mAh), giving you about two hours or typical recording time, compared w/one hr for the standard battery. The Canon BP-827 Lithium Ion Battery Pack for Vixia HG, HF S & HF M Camcorders(very expensive!) triples the capacity to 2670mAh, OR consider a great MONEY SAVER: for only $40 to $60 for 2700mAh non-OEM (non-Canon) battery, including the non-OEM battery charger (Note: the S100 will NOT charge these non-intelligent batteries or show battery time remaining, so that extra non-OEM charger is req'd, and consider the non-OEM battery available with LED power level indicator). Try a Google search string such as "BP-827 Canon Compatible Battery LED+Charger Kit"
-> Canon 2590B002 CG-800 Lithium Ion Battery Charger for 800 Series Batteries. OR: find the $20 non-OEM charger, see search string above.
-> SanDisk 32GB Ultra 15MB/s SDHC SD Card (SDSDH-032G-P36, Retail Packaging). Since the price is now so close, you might as well get the 15MB/sec instead of the Class 4 version. Canon explicitly states the Canon S10 / S100 is compatible with the SanDisk DHC SD Cards of at least Class 4.
-> Canon SC2000 Soft Carrying Case. Alternative: (less expensive) Lowepro Edit 120 Bag (or similar)
-> Tiffen P/N 58UVP 58mm UV Glass Filter, OR: Tiffen 58CLR 58mm Glass (protection) Filter, OR: Tiffen W58DIGULTCLR 58mm Ultra Clear Glass (protection) Filter
-> Moderate Wide-angle lenses: S10/S100 user community prefers the HD6600PRO58 or SRW-6600-58LE over the Raynox HD-7000PRO 0.7x Wideangle Lens. While Raynox claims slightly better optical performance of HD-7000PRO on S10/S100 vs HD6600PRO58 or SRW-6600-58LE (yet the pro users disagree claiming the HD6600PRO58 or SRW-6600-58LE have great optics). Be aware big drawbacks of the HD-7000PRO are high price, and it is a VERY heavy lens. The HD6600PRO58 or SRW-6600-58LE are said to avoid vignetting ONLY up to 5X zoom, (HD-7000PRO to 10X) but who uses a wide-angle lens beyond 5X zoom level anyway? (As for the Canon WD-H58 Wide Converter, plenty of pro's are saying that is a POS lens which is also far more expensive than the - superior - Raynox lenses mentioned above.) Many also note that the "expensive looking" profile and Industrial Design of those Raynox lenses somehow gives the Canon S10 / S100 a much "sexier" looking profile in a high-end camcorder kind of way, and yet the Canon WD-H58 just doesn't give your camcorder the same *bling*
-> HoodMan HD-300 LCD hood to shade the display from the sun. Tip: do a google search for Canon HV forum to find some good threads on accessories.
-> Tiffen 58CP, 58mm Circular Polarizer Filter, OR: Hoya B58CRPL, OR Tiffen 58WIDCP. Helps "pop" the clouds out against blue sky, and greatly reduces reflections on sunny days.

Nice-to-have Accessories:
-> Tiffen 58mm 812 Warming Filter
-> Tiffen 82mm Digital Ultra Clear Protective Filter (use if you buy the Raynox HD-7000, buy different size for the HD6600PRO58 or SRW-6600-58LE)
-> 0.45x or 0.50x Wideangle Lens.
-> Steadicam or similar. This is a VERY light camera, so easly shakes in hand when used without Steadicam.

WARNINGS: Do not buy the cheap Tripp Lite Mini-HDMI to HDMI Cable. They are worthless. I recommend the Sony Mini-HDMI to HDMI cables.



4 out of 5 stars Great Camera   May 4, 2010
J. Stastny
I have owned Canon products before and decided to purchase the Vixia HFS20 after looking at many online reviews. The picture quality is amazing. One thing Canon could have done is include a battery charger with the camcorder. Otherwise no complaints at all.

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