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Canon HG21 Reviews
Camcorder - High Definition - widescreen - 3.3 Mpix - optical zoom: 12 x - HDD : 120 GB - flash card More product details
$669.99
Excellent video quality ; 120GB hard drive ; attractive, understated design ; eye-level viewfinder (cnet.com)
24p and 30p video support ; large sensor and high data rate result in great image quality ; good... (macworld.com)
alaTest Review Summary for Canon HG21
We have collected and analyzed 27 expert reviews and 56 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 80/100 and users rate it 82/100. The average review date is February 19, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 103552 reviews from other Camcorders. The alaScore™ for this product is 97/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 7, 2009.
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83 reviews
November, 2009
27 Experts
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56 Users
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$669.99
Expert Reviews (27)
Review summary for the Canon HG21
alaTest has collected and analyzed 83 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the zoom. The design also impresses, but many are less positive about the interface.
Zoom, Design, Memory, Viewfinder
Interface, Usability, Battery, Appearance
Experts rate this product 80/100 and users 82/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders, the Canon HG21 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 97/100 = Excellent quality.
Canon Vixia HG21
Excellent video quality ; 120GB hard drive ; attractive, understated design ; eye-level viewfinder
Wind filter not as dependable as previous Canon models ; manual focus pretty useless
Like its cousin, the flash-based HF11, Canon's Vixia HG21 delivers excellent HD video quality and performance albeit in a slightly larger, heavier package. However, you do get more storage space and a lower price.
The Canon Vixia HG21 is an excellent HD camcorder that's reasonably easy to...
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Review: Canon Vixia HG21 HD camcorder
Canon’s Vixia HG21 is a feature-filled high-definition camcorder that acts and feels like a workhorse. And for such a small camera, it produces great video image quality. Alex Lindsay thinks it's one of the better HD camcorders he's seen.
24p and 30p video support ; large sensor and high data rate result in great image quality ; good audio quality
Manual control difficult to use ; requires power connection when transferring video to the Mac
Why should you care about the bit rate? The imaging sensor in this camcorder captures data at nearly 1Gbps. To get that data squeezed onto the little hard drive in the camera, the video needs to be compressed. The more compression used on a video, the ...
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User Reviews (56)
"imagemixer software requires high end processor"
I have no other issues with this product than...
camera takes awsome still pictures and video
The video playback is choppy and irratic on my two computers with AMD Duran and Sempron processors. Check out the minimum requirements for the imageMixer 3 SE software
Happy customer
Very small device - fits in your hand. Could easily fit in a winter coat pocket. We leave it laying around the house so we can quickly capture video of the kids being the kids. Display is a little poor but the picture quality is great. Overall, it is extr...
Great pics!!!!
We simply love this item. Easy to take both movies and pictures with it. Have yet to learn how copy items off, but the book is very instructional and easy to follow. The pictures are clean, the audio very good, and the replay on a TV is great quality. Wou...
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Manufacturer's Description
Canon VIXIA HG21 Hard Disk Drive Camcorder combines the ease of recording video directly onto an internal hard disk drive with the advanced AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) format. Its 120GB hard disk drive allows you to record up to 45 hours of crisp, high definition video (LP Mode). It also is a dual system camcorder, with the capability of also recording video and still images to an SDHC card as well. The VIXIA HG21 boasts 1920 x 1080 Full HD, and has a CODEC capable of...
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