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Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 Reviews

Camcorder - High Definition - widescreen - 8.59 Mpix - optical zoom: 10 x - flash card More product details

$779.00

Excellent video quality and performance ; nicely designed interface ; fast battery charging (cnet.com)

Great for novice and medium skill users, Easy to hold, Face detection, Minimal digital noise (electronicsme.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100

We have collected and analyzed 11 expert reviews and 43 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 81/100 and users rate it 87/100. The average review date is July 10, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 103552 reviews from other Camcorders. The alaScore™ for this product is 92/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 7, 2009.

alaSCORE 92

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54 reviews

November, 2009

81 / 100

11 Experts

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87 / 100

43 Users

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Rank  46

$779.00

Expert Reviews (11)

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Review summary for the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100

By (alaTest Semantic - BETA)

alaTest has collected and analyzed 54 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the zoom. The image also impresses, but many are less positive about the viewfinder.

Zoom, Image, Design, Appearance

Viewfinder, Battery

Experts rate this product 81/100 and users 87/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders, the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 92/100 = Excellent quality.

alaSCORE 92

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Canon Vixia HF S100

By (cnet.com)

Excellent video quality and performance ; nicely designed interface ; fast battery charging

No eye-level viewfinder ; expensive ; lens cover rattles when closed

An excellent flash-based prosumer HD camcorder, you may nevertheless pass on the Canon Vixia HF S100 because it lacks an eye-level viewfinder. It's probably a better buy than the identical--but more expensive, because it has 32GB built-in memory- ...

While Canon continues to offer compact AVCHD models, the Vixia HF20 and the...

Rating

80100

Partner Source
cnet.com
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Canon Vixia HF S100

By (electronicsme.com)

The feature set and HD offering from Canon is absolutely a major contender in the camcorder market. While it appears to be a bit pricey those who are looking to enter the camcorder market would be advised to invest in a HD camcorder from the get go as ...

Great for novice and medium skill users, Easy to hold, Face detection, Minimal digital noise

The Canon Vixia HF S100 camcorder offers up a high definition camcorder...

Canon Vixia HF S100 Review: The Canon Vixia HF S100 camcorder offers up a...

Rating

80100

Partner Source
electronicsme.com

User Reviews (43)

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"Excellent HD picture quality"

By anets (cnet.com)

I recently got a new HFS100 after going back ... 

Excellent picture quality and daylight performance - colors are quite accurately captured

Does not record video at full HD on latest class 10 Sandisk Extreme III SDHC cards even though canon requires "class 4 or higher" SD cards & specifically recommends Sandisk

US

"Ridiculous Camera"

By bumpydumpy (cnet.com)

For all the negatives I've read about this ca... 

Image quality, huge lens, huge cmos sensor, comfortable, sexy, pro

Some people would say the lens cover rattles. (Um, who cares?)

US

"Camera great, customer service & required software bad."

By Hogbob69 (cnet.com)

I don't have XP because of quickbooks require... 

Great video and plenty of options. Ease of use and positioning on controls well thought out

Software for down loading and customer service

Manufacturer's Description

The VIXIA HF S100 delivers brilliant video and photos through a Canon exclusive 8.59 megapixel CMOS image sensor and the latest version of the advanced image processor, DIGIC DV III. It combines lightweight, compact size and the ease and convenience of flash memory. This technology, the same used in advanced laptop computers, MP3 players, PDAs and cell phones, allows the VIXIA HF S100 to record up to 6 hours of crisp, high definition video to a removable SDHC card. You have extended available...

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