The latest entrant into the world of camcorders, is the Canon HF100. Canon camcorders are relatively new. Other manufacturers have come in first and made a niche for themselves, as well as a reputation. But it looks like the bigwigs at Canon weren't sleeping. They've been observing the market, letting the others go ahead and make mistakes, and then BOOM! - they come in with the best of everything that the market has desired till now.
The picture of the Canon HF100 above, shows everything that is necessary to classify it as an "Irresistible Goodie". It's shiny, it's sleek, it's got pretty buttons in various colors, and it's certainly got the oomph factor.
Camcorders were classified by their storage media. Digital, or analog. Gone are the days when digital was a second cousin to analog. Digital rules these days, and the times of the cassette recorder inside camcorders are gone. Let's face it, people who carry camcorders aren't exactly National Geographic material. Even if (and it's a big if) analog is superior to digital in some ways, those ways aren't going to matter nearly enough for most people to accept the headache involved in dealing with tapes.
The Canon HF100 takes digital storage media to the next level by not having any in-built storage at all! The only storage is an SD/MMC flash card. While you might feel that this is unnecessarily inconveniencing people, I don't think so. Who needs inbuilt storage anyway? As soon as your SD card is full, transfer the videos onto the computer, delete the files, and you're as good as new. I think Canon has made a great conceptual leap here.
One of the nicest things about the Canon HF100, is that it's small. At 73 by 63 by 129mm, it weights 380 gms. Easily small enough to carry around, and it certainly doesn't compromise on features. It eliminates the problem of the hand shaking, by incorporating an optically stabilized lens (Would love to have these on my binoculars). The buttons are comfortably large (in spite of the small size of the camcorder itself), and it has the usual set of features you would expect from any high end camcorder.
So, when you go shopping for your camcorder, be sure to put the Canon HF100 on your list of "Irresistible Goodies". Find it at www.pricealerter.com
The picture of the Canon HF100 above, shows everything that is necessary to classify it as an "Irresistible Goodie". It's shiny, it's sleek, it's got pretty buttons in various colors, and it's certainly got the oomph factor.
Camcorders were classified by their storage media. Digital, or analog. Gone are the days when digital was a second cousin to analog. Digital rules these days, and the times of the cassette recorder inside camcorders are gone. Let's face it, people who carry camcorders aren't exactly National Geographic material. Even if (and it's a big if) analog is superior to digital in some ways, those ways aren't going to matter nearly enough for most people to accept the headache involved in dealing with tapes.
The Canon HF100 takes digital storage media to the next level by not having any in-built storage at all! The only storage is an SD/MMC flash card. While you might feel that this is unnecessarily inconveniencing people, I don't think so. Who needs inbuilt storage anyway? As soon as your SD card is full, transfer the videos onto the computer, delete the files, and you're as good as new. I think Canon has made a great conceptual leap here.
One of the nicest things about the Canon HF100, is that it's small. At 73 by 63 by 129mm, it weights 380 gms. Easily small enough to carry around, and it certainly doesn't compromise on features. It eliminates the problem of the hand shaking, by incorporating an optically stabilized lens (Would love to have these on my binoculars). The buttons are comfortably large (in spite of the small size of the camcorder itself), and it has the usual set of features you would expect from any high end camcorder.
So, when you go shopping for your camcorder, be sure to put the Canon HF100 on your list of "Irresistible Goodies". Find it at www.pricealerter.com
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