Canon HF100 pcworld.com User Reviews

I spent time to compare HF100, Sony HDR-CX7 and Panasonic HDC-SD5/9. Sony may give similar image quality but the memory card is too expensive. The Panasonic is cheaper than HF100, but the expert's comments are not encouraging. After using HF100 for two we...

Light weight, good video and photo image

A bit expensive when compare with Panasonic

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 has a...

Decent image quality

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

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.

Yesterday, I got my HF100. It can shoot sharp, accurate color and vivid video. It also supports multiframe (60i, 25p, 30p) and has fast auto focus even in low light environment (this morning in my home), manual focus, aperture & shutter speed controls, an...

Excellent video performance ; multiframe selection ; good lens and manual controls

No viewfinder ; little expensive ; short battery life

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

I have been researching AVCHD camcorders for almost a year. When HF-100 was announced in January, it seemed that the AVCHD had finally arrived. I have had it for two months now and have shot over 20GB (2.5 hours) of HD video at max quality. If you wish to...

Superb image quality, compact, lightweight, great feature set, incredible price (~$600!)

None significant (somewhat convoluted user interface for special functions, somewhat short battery life)

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.