Canon VIXIA HF11 AVCHD 32 GB Flash Memory Camcorder w/12x Optical Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon VIXIA HF11 AVCHD 32 GB Flash Memory Camcorder w/12x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: not that bad nor that good
Summary: 3 Stars
Update:
Video recorded in highest quality (24) can not be edited in to AVCHD disk, the included software will down grade the video to 17.
First try: I shot video with removable memory card, the video was stunning sharp and beautiful.
Later:I found out that the big built in memory card is not that great; I prefer to pull out the card to watch video with PS3 right away after record the video. With buil in memory I have to burn it to the disk and it takes forever. It takes a long time to transfer the file from camcorder to PC. When you connect USB cable between the PC and the camcorder there is message telling you that you can not turn off the camcorder when it's connected with PC. When you finish the down load, the message still stay on. What should I do??? I don't know, I just turn off the PC the disconect the cable. I could not see any intruction in the manual.
Video quality in bright sunny day is the same with my brother panasonic SD9 or my father canon HF10. In low light (night time) quality are almost the same.
Audio: Panasonic offers 5.1, canon offer stereo only.
Include Software is unusual set up; it does not use the common sense like Ulead video, Pinacle etc. you have to play around to find the way to burn or edit the video.
For the value I got the HF100 when my brother asked me to get him one AVCHD camcorder.
3/9/09 Software problem:
the included software Image mixer ver 3.3 doesnot read the files created by Canon HF10 or HF100, the software include with HF10 does not read the files created by HF11. I had to install both version in my computer to transfer the files to my PC. I tried to transfer the file from HF 10 by using HF 11 it did not work neither. I have to use Ulead video 11 plus to edit these files from the Canon camcorders that my dad, my brother and I have.
After I edited the files, created into 6 segments and burn it back to DVD under AVCHD, my PC took 23 hours to burn it in the DVD (Window XP, 2.8GHz, 2G memory, 500 G hard drive). If some one plan to buy the HF11 because of the big built in flash memory, one should consider how does one edit those files. May be when the price of blueray disk goes down, then I might be able to pay for those disk, but in the second thought, my home video (20-30min) fit perfect on DVD with AVCHD quality, why should I pay extra for blueray disk.
Customer Review: Does NOT work with regular imaging software.
Summary: 1 Stars
If you buy this camera you MUST install software to be able to see it on your computer- that means ONLY your computer (so no fun at parties or at Gramma's house). This camera DOES NOT USE STANDARD IMAGING SOFTWARE! What it does use cannot be downloaded form the internet- you need the actual software. When I bought a new computer I could not find the disk- so now I cnnot use this very expensive camera unless I want to buy more software or buy a blue ray burner---- or expensive software. This was a really stupid move by Canon. I will not buy from again and do not recommend anybody buy this camera becasue of these issues, even though the quality of hte image is great WHEN you can get it downloaded.