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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 26 expert reviews and 58 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 80/100 and users rate it 83/100. The average review date is February 25, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 105250 reviews from other Camcorders. The alaScore™ for this product is 96/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 19, 2009.
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Expert Reviews (26)
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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Camcorder Review Canon VIXIA HG21 HD Camcorder
Canon's new VIXIA HG21 is a high-definition hard-disk-drive powerhouse, with 120GB of hard-drive space and a ton of exclusive Canon-only features. Prosumers rejoice: the HG21 is the perfect fit for family events, weddings and entry-level professional ...
Extremely user-friendly Great picture quality 45 hours of shooting time
Manual controls difficult to control, due to toggle
The VIXIA HG21 is ultimately a very easy-to-use, highly-advanced and very intelligent camera. It can fit the needs of almost any type of shooter and produces great HD-quality video.
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User Reviews (58)
"The Canon Vixia HG21 opens doorways to future films."
Bottom line: Amazing camcorder. If you want ...
Just got this camcorder on the 23rd of october: It's easy to use, lightweight, quality is amazing, connecting it to your pc is rather easy as well. Many different settings that are easy to access and become familiar with. Amazing Camcorder
Canon has notoriously low battery life on there products. You can purchase larger batteries but they can be a little pricey. Quality can become grainy in low light areas. Other than that I am completely satisfied with this product
"Good HD quality, Great price - Canon Vixia HG21"
Make sure you buy an extended life battery - ...
Ease of use, good HD quality, click pictures while you shoot w/built in flash, dual memory storage - 120GB hard drive + flash memory, Only camcorder to offer 24mbps shooting option, great 24p cinema mode, Comes with Viewfinder
Poor Battery life (100 mins), Mic sound could have been better. Overall: Great Camcorder
"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
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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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