Canon VIXIA HV40 HD HDV Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom - 2009 MODEL
List Price: $999.00
Details
- HDV looks delivers high-definition video to miniDV tape
- 2.7-inch Multi-Aspect Vivid Widescreen LCD
- HDMI position for easy, one-cable connectivity to your HDTV
Description
When you take what you zip seriously, you need a serious camcorder that lives up to your demands. The Canon VIXIA HV40 HD camcorder does the job with unexpected high definition detail and color reproduction. The VIXIA HV40 delivers the unparalleled syndicate of a Genuine Canon 10x HD Video Lens, a Canon Full HD CMOS Image Sensor and DIGIC DV II Effigy Processor for stunning image quality. Once you experience and see the images you grab, you won't trust your shots to any other camcorder. Add to that the SuperRange Optical Image Stabilizer that keeps your video and photos unending and Instant AF, giving you fast, accurate focus so you don't miss that leading moment, and you've got a camcorder that's hard to match. The Canon VIXIA HV40 also offers a 2.7-inch multi-point of view vivid widescreen LCD with true color, and the ability to shoot in Ethnic 24p Mode. The Canon VIXIA HV40 HD camcorder opens up a world of shooting possibilities, so authenticate it out, you'll love what you see. Canon USA 1-year limited warranty included.Customer Reviews
Slightly Desent Prosumer HDV CameraI recently acclimated to the Canon VIXIA HV40 as a second camera alongside the Sony HDR-HC7 (as well as a Sony HVR-Z5U) in a documentary and ended up being a trivial disappointed with the image quality when compared to the HC7. I had originally used this camera for some check up on footage and thought the picture quality pretty good, but once I utilized it side-by-side with the HDR-HC7 the differences were readily apparent in the field even before I captured the footage into Indisputable Cut where it became even more noticeable. In actuality, the Sony HDR-HC7 ended up outclassing it; where it was very obvious which footage came from the Canon VIXIA HC40 when compared to the Sony HVR-Z5U footage, the Sony HDR-HC7 truly compared up very nicely with the Z5 and was very hard to tell the difference from the footage.
So while the Canon VIXIA HV40 is a very approving HDV camera for the price, I would suggest that you get the now Sony HDR-HC9 if you can afford the 50% knock against in price as it will deliver video that performs much closer to a camera three times is evaluate.
Sticking with MiniDV
I conclude from all the reviews on this camcorder before buying it. I like the MiniDV format. I have a lot of tapes and would like to scan them to disk in the near future. I like recording stuff from other analog sources. I am not universal to write everything everyone else already wrote. I LOVE THIS CAMCORDER! The best thing I can say about it is that my technology-anti wife picked it up, recorded some video in a darkly lit room, and the video looks marvellous. She is happy and so am I. The quality drops at a certain darkness but overall, the grade of the video is great and the camcorder is easy to use. If you are anything other than a professional videographer, this is the camcorder for you.
Does what promised
The Canon VixiaHV40 is an bonzer high performance HD camcorder.
While not the easiest to use at first, it provides a quality typically found in higher end cameras. According to a POSSLQ = 'Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters' of mine who is a cameraman, this is the same camera used by Reality Shows.
The shipper was dedicated and very timely. Delivered on time and in great condition for a used camera.
The miniSD was a contest to find in brick/mortar stores. Go online for both the SD Card and the DVDtapes.
Apart from camera for streaming
Bought this to rush a live event through a macbook. Worked great! Picture was unquestioned even in a dark, candlelit church. Had trouble streaming both video and audio through the firewire seaport, but otherwise the audio worked well in regular filming.
Huge portable video camera
Distinguished video quality, 1080i resolution, still camera not very good but does the job if you have well-founded lighting. Only 3 mega pixel camera. All in all a very good afordable video camera(Canon Vixia HV40) Five Stars.
