Canon HF100 pricegrabber.com User Reviews

It is said to be the first AVCHD camcorder on par with the more mature HDV technology in terms of picture quality. I'm not familiar with the other (older) AVC camcorders, so I don't know whether it's the literal truth. But the picture quality really is go...

Good picture quality. Small and lightweight. No moving parts. Versatile flash storage. Useful night-light included. Takes OK still photos. Creates BD structure in real time on the flash card.

No viewfinder. Useless HD editing / BD authoring software. Weak battery. Useless power-saving mode. Splits large files in 2GB chunks. No videorecorder (video input) capability.

This is Canon's 3rd gen AVCHD camcorder and their first using solid state flash memory (using SDHC class 6 card). I've been waiting for a flash memory, full 1080 HD camcorder for awhile. I didn't want to deal with mini dv tape, hard drive, nor DVD media....

Excellent HD video quality, small size, good ergonomics, 30p, 24p, & 60i modes with Cine mode (progressive is 60i converted), headphone & mic jacks (BIG plus!), HDMI out, uses flash memory

battery life (BP-809) less than 1 hour, No HDMI cable included, no view finder, proprietary mini-hot shoe (not standard), poor software pkg, built in led video light has slight blue cast

Great camera for portability and image quality. You will need a couple of 16Gig SDHC cards to store video when you're away from home - only get 2 hrs of recording at highest quality per 16Gig card.

Great camcorder. Small Size. Flash memory

Wish the battery life was longer. Battery that comes with it appears to only get 70-80 minutes out of a charge.

This camera was a replacement for our Canon miniDV camcorder. A definite upgrade in terms of size and picture quality. The memory cards make it much more convenient to carry around extras, and download to my PC.

small size, light weight, picture quality

low light performance

I was looking for the best HD camcorder and after a lot of research settled on this. I love its compactness. Its slightly bigger than your palm. Controls are nicely laid out. The quality of video is amazing esp if you watch it on HDTV. However these come...

HD, ultracompact, SDHC

Flashlight, AVCHD

Overall, this is a decent HD camcorder, just the price is still a little bit high in the market. It has 12x optical zoom lens with optical image stabilizer, with a native resolution of 1920 x 1080, rather than the laterally expanded HD 1440 x 1080 of some...

True HD resolution: 1920 x 1080, small overall size, light-weighted

a little bit pricey, not so satisfactory low-light performance, no internal memory

This is great camcorder to buy for a consumer. It produces high quality video. Canon should have given at least 4 gb of SDHC card with the camera.

* Very good hight definition video quality * Low Price * Solid State camcorder (no moving parts). * Allows high definition video to play on normal TV.

* Battery life * useless editing s/w provided by Canon * No hdmi cable provided by Canon. * No viewfinder. * does not allow to record in standard definition mode.

I got this camcorder through a B&H deal. It is really worth investment since it will record a HD quality of your memories. I know there will be better and cheaper camcorders appear in the market but your good memories is also leaving. This camcorder ha...

Decent image quality

AVCHD is requiring huge space. Image stability seems not work very good

This camcorder has comfortable weight and size which makes snap shooting more convenient and enjoyable. The SD slot can keep pace with whatever new memory technology brings to the world and make the future upgrade feasible.

Compact size ; light weight ; excellent feedbacks ; AVCHD technology

no view finder

This is a great little camera that records full HD on SDHC cards. I am shooting a lot more video of my family with this camera now since I know I can easily download the results onto my hard drive (rather than from Mini DV tapes). No moving [storage] part...

Small, HD, flash-based, great image quality.

HD file format may be tough to deal with. Low-light is not great (but never is). Hot-shoe is non-standard.