Canon HV30 / HV30E Expert Reviews

Once you get over the fact that Canon's new combined HDV and MiniDV camcorder differs little from last year's HV20 in anything but the sleek black body colour, you'll soon appreciate what this fully featured high definition camcorder has to offer. ...

Ready when you are, Mr De Mille. If high definition on tape has a future, it's with cams like the HV30.

Canon's tape-based HV20 was one of the best HDV camcorders around, so does its successor, the HV30, take things further?

Canon has clearly heeded the clich- -if it ain't broke, don't fix it' with the HV30. Its predecessor was a great camcorder for serious video makers with less than -1,000 to spend. Now the HV30 can proudly take over its place. This could be the last ...

The Canon Vixia HV30 is a fine choice for die-hard MiniDV users, offering superb video quality and a bunch of nifty features.

If MiniDV is important to your choice of camcorder, the Canon Vixia HV30 is an excellent choice. It shoots stellar high-definition video with vividly accurate colours, smooth motion; includes a microphone jack and accessory shoe; and is very user ...

Canon's HV30 High Definition camcorder combines a 3.1 MegaPixel Full HD CMOS picture sensor with Canon's HD Video Lens and DIGIC II signal processor. This results in an outstanding picture full of vivid colours and details. Thanks to a sophisticated ...

Performed excellently in low light, 25p Cine mode, unique and arresting design, extensive audio options

MiniDV is a dying format, may prove a bit bulky for some

Despite its reliance on an outdated format, the Canon HV30 is a superior high-def camcorder that offers exceptional value for money. If you can get over your anti-tape prejudice and embrace MiniDV, this model will deliver on every level.

So, it has a 2.96MP CMOS sensor, 1080i/25p shooting, choice of HDV and DV recording/playback, AV-input conversion, superb functionality, great handling and more..... Hang on, haven't we been here before?

All in all, the HV30 is a very good camcorder indeed and every bit as good as the model it replaces. It is, of course, very odd that a company like Canon should seek to replace one year's model with another whose specification and even form-factor is ...

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The HV30 is a well-designed prosumer camcorder with useful features .

Not just the TV world rises piece by piece to HD quality in order, but also the camcorder market is changing more and more towards HD. This is also the Canon ...

With the black paint of the HV30 "seems a bit more noble than the simple plastic look of the predecessor and so tend to feel, a quality piece of technology in the hands to hold. The flash shoe door was firmly locked on the housing and can no longer b...