Camcorders remain well-favored in all regions with designs getting chic and stylish as time goes by. As with the designs, the technology which is designed into these camcorders also becomes more advanced. Taking into consideration the exposure customers have with gadgets in this day, many have evolved into “prosumers’ in their choice of field, whether video-taking or photography, and are certainly more versed with brand new technologies.
Canon newly launched a handful of flash-based AVCHD camcorders and the Canon HF S10 is one of them. The Canon HF S10 was built for the “pro” prosumer and it records 1,920×1,080 60i video with a larger and faster f1.8 10x HD lens and a significantly large high-resolution 1/2.6-inch 8-megapixel CMOS sensor. It is also charged with abilities which are mostly found in high-end camcorders, allowing the regular prosumer to improve their videography expertise.
Akin to the Canon HF S10, the flash-based AVCHD Canon HF S11 camcorder was launched together. It offers abilities like the HF S10, except they differ in internal memory. The Canon HF S11 offers 64GB while the Canon HF S10 only includes half as much, 32GB. Also, the Canon HF S11 has Dynamic SuperRange OIS which is built to make up for times when the videographer is walking or when videos are taken at wide angles, and Advanced Snapshot mode where end-users are able to pull 4-sec clips from videos they have captured.
Canon’s HF S10 and HF S11 offer users a lot more control over depth of field than regular prosumer camcorders, with a shutter speed range of 1/8 to 1/2,000 seconds and aperture options ranging from f1.8 to f8 and sport Cine mode for adjusting color and gamma to go with its 24F progressive modes. Other attributes include Video Snapshots for a “highlights reel” effect, 24Mbps bit rate and 17 Mbps performance and quality and DIGIC DV III with optical stabilization, making the Canon HD S10 impeccable for pros looking to a reserve camcorder or prosumers who fancy upgrade their video-taking skillset.
The latest of the series is the follow-up model to the HF S series, the Canon HF20, that is significantly smaller and lighter than its predecessors. As you will observe, the entire device appears to be somewhat downsized with the Canon HF20, but yet, gives just as amazing performance. It comprises a smaller but longer 15x zoom lens, 4-megapixel sensor and has gotten rid of the more pro-oriented attributes.
Even though the Canon HF20, when placed side by side with its competition, is fairly pricey, you can be sure you are getting an first-rate camcorder with a Canon!