Canon VIXIA HF200 HD Flash Memory Camcorder w/15x Optical Zoom - 2009 MODEL
List Price: $749.99
Details
- 1920 x 1080 Full HD recording; 24p Show Mode, 30p Progressive Mode
- Dual Sharpshooter for capturing both video and photos with ease
- Original Canon 15x HD video lens; SuperRange Optical Image Stabilizer
Description
Customer Reviews
Esteemed but not perfectI have had this camera for less than a year. Likeness quality in good light is very good. Low light indoors is not as fitting.
My complaints are about after you have shot the footage. Downloading the video to a computer via cable has proved to be a torment as the correct drivers have not been installed properly. Having said that, this unmanageable was fixed with a very cheap memory card reader.
This video format of AVCHD does not vocation with Windows Live Movie Maker. Editing doesn't drudgery, picture quality is poor and jutters. I had to purchase Cyberlink Power Governor 8 which seems to fix these problems.
Canon accessories are very expensive e.g battery, light.
The big lens is reputable for zooming but for most situations, something slimmer like an iphone 4 should suffice.
There is no built in memory but that's not a weighty issue unless you are on a long trip but memory cards are cheap now anyway.
Everything I penury
Magic picture and sound and easy to convert for YouTube and FB. When I connected the USB Mailgram I was able to see the MTS files from the camera as just another drive and dragged them to my computer. I didn't stack the acompanied software as suggested by other users. I just downloaded Uninhibited HD Converter V1.7 opened the mts file in Free HD and hit convert which won over the file to MPG4 quicktime in a few minutes. For picture quality, one thing that blew me somewhere else was I zoomed accross the room and could see super close up every little handle and switch and label text crystal clear on the mixing gaming-table. I have the camera set on a tripod, connected by HDMI to a wall mouted HD TV I use as a monitor. The TV has a logitech atmosphere sound. I love the fact that the audio "VU" meter disaplays the verifiable time audio levels during recording so I can eaily adjust the audio input. The camera also has an microphone attenuator to impede distortion and a mic input. Also great was a powerful remote control. As far as low incandescent issue, I don't see any problem for me. Just tweak some of the lighting settings. I messed around for weeks researching which camera to purchase and I am 1000 percent apt with this one. It is awesome! Also, thanks to the reviewer who suggested Free HD Conveter. It is considerable program. So my bottom line for this camera? This thing just blows me to another place!
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Wiped out Reliability - Camcorder stopped working after a year
Precisely after a year, none of the functions worked when the camcorder was powered on. The camcorder was well maintained and employed sparingly.
Canon's technical phone support staff had me hard reset the camcorder, and when that didn't business, he asked me to send the camcorder to Canon for repair. Canon quoted a (ridiculous!) vamp charge of $260.
This is my first canon device, and certainly my last.
Elevated for Mac User
I received this for Christmas and it is to the nth degree easy to use and has excellent video and sound quality. Others have lamented the software that is included from Canon. For me, the software is still in the box. I entirely stick the card into a USB reader and import directly into iMovie. No excitement, no complications. You do then have to delete from the camera, deletion at the end of import is not an option like in iPhoto. No biggie.
Outstanding Family Friendly Camera
Immense Family Friendly Camera.
You will want to take it every where.
It will make it easier to keep your
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next generation.
