Canon HF100
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Vixia HF100 is a tapeless camcorders unveiled in January 2008 and put on sale in April 2008 by Canon, Inc. The camcorders record high definition AVCHD video onto a secure digital memory card.
Video can be recorded in four quality settings: FXP (1920 x 1080, 17 Mbit/s), XP+ (1440 x 1080, 12 Mbit/s), SP (1440 x 1080, 7 Mbit/s), and LP (1440 x 1080, 5 Mbit/s). A SDHC card with the capacity of 16GB and can hold up to 2 hours of video recorded at highest quality setting.
When recording to a memory card, the recording time depends only on capacity of the card. The HF100 uses full-size SDHC memory cards. One 4GB card can fit roughly 30 minutes of video at highest quality setting.
The distinguishing features of this camcorder include:
- External microphone jack
- Headphone jack
- Accessory shoe (proprietary)
- Built-in neutral density filter
- Threaded lens barrel for attachments
On the other hand, the camcorder has no viewfinder and no focus ring.
[edit] Specification
- Sensor: 1/3.2-inch 3.2 Megapixel CMOS
- Lens speed: F/1.8-3.0
- Filter Diameter: 37 mm
- Optical Zoom: 12x
- Image Stabiliser: optical
- Viewfinder: No
- LCD Screen: 2.7 inches
- Headphone Out: Yes
- Microphone In: Yes
- Recording media: SDHC memory cards (card is not included)
- Weight: 380 g (without battery)
