What people think about the Canon HV30 / HV30E: (BETA!)
We compute this summary by analyzing 303 reviews from across the web.
The Canon HV30 is good. Despite objections to the poor audio quality and small user interface, people like the clear video quality, hd quality, and visible display. If you're comfortable with the audio quality and user interface, consider getting this camcorder.
price
3
- without a professional price tag
- exceptional value for money
- professional camcorders times the price
- excellent price
- affordable camera
- better price
- great price
user interface
2.5
- controls are a little difficult to
- difficult to control
- intuitive buttons
- great set of manual controls
- easy with the button
- hard to control
- sensitive and somewhat hard to control
- wheel is a bit small
- controls are more cumbersome
- button was difficult to
- buttons often easy
- cumbersome controls
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features
4
- great features
- solid feature set
- many good long life options
- option since the quality
- extensive audio options
- impressive feature set
- remote is also a nice
- functions are more than adequate
- features to bring knowledgeable
- features a sleeker
- useful feature set
- professional manual functions
- smart features
- lots of features
- feature rich
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video quality
4.5
- image quality is excellent
- excellent video quality
- superb video quality
- manipulate and edit avhcd video clips is still not
- quality of image and video
- great video
- great picture quality
- great picture
- clear and comprehensive and image quality
- able to edit my video
- picture just a tad grainy
- recording in hd is excellent
- amazing quality hd video
- better transfer rate video quality
- picture quality is great
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audio quality
3
- poor sound
- sound was slow
- great sound
- audio by default easy to
- disappointed with audio
- very good sound
- sound and picture sync problem
- extensive audio
reliability
2.5
- problems
- not have any problems
- broke
- no problems
- without any problems
- repair
display
4
- lcd screen is excellent
- lcd that is more visible
- screen stock as well
- nice lcd screen
- brilliant lcd
- lcd screen is sharp
- lcd screen to be excellent
- lcd normal or bright
- big screen
- vivid lcd
zoom
3
- zoom toggle noisy
- zoom toggle difficult to
- better zoom
- zoom is very nice
- ill advised zoom
- hard to control when the zoom
- zoom control is good
- easy to control and zoom
- better zoom control
capacity
2.5
- problems when shooting in sd
- old hard drive
- sd video just fine
- capacity starts gb stars
- hard drive is efficient
- sd video looks pitiful
- memory to have the headache
- very good archival storage
- card mode are excellent
- disappointed in the sd
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hd quality
4
- amazing quality hd
- best hd
- better hd
- hd image quality is great
- recommend the panasonic hd
- new sd card hd
- hd is excellent
- brilliant hd
- best hd video without
- work with large hd
- nice looking hd
- amazing hd quality
- excellent hd
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design
3.5
- nice size and handling
- awkward design
- ergonomics wise it is not
- unique and arresting design
- well designed prosumer camcorder
- design issue
- clumsy handling
- not a very sturdy design
- intuitive and sturdy design
- layout is quite good
- well as overall handling
- great ergonomics
- sleek design
- nice black design
- great handling
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focus
2.5
- manual focus and get a good
- difficult to adjust the focus
- focus ring is annoying
- good manual focus
- manual focus button was difficult to
- focus ring is the best
- sophisticated hybrid auto focus
- focus difficulty
menu system
4
- screen menu is clear
- menus is easy
- menu is very accessible
- menus clear
- menu makes it easy to
- unfriendly menus