Canon VIXIA HF M31 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder - 2010 MODEL
Canon VIXIA HF200 HD Flash With Free Shipping, Things To Consider Before Buying An AVCHD Camcorder.
Things To Consider Before Buying An AVCHD Camcorder, This (along with a Panasonic DMC-ZS3 camera) rounded out my holiday purchases. Both take video on AVCHD format. There are a few very important things that one must know before purchasing a camcorder/camera that supports only AVCHD format:
1) Unless you have a Windows 7 operating system, you will have trouble viewing the video files which all have extension .mts. Google’s Picasa will not read .mts files. I had to upgrade my laptop and netbook to Windows 7. After that, Windows Media Player took care of opening these .mts files.
2) To edit these AVCHD files (.mts) you really need to invest in Sony Vegas . This will cost another $70 or so. It has a good bit of learning curve, and I still have to find the time to devote to it. I have not bothered to try it, but I’ve read that the software from Canon isn’t any good. Neither is the latest Adobe Premiere. Beware that many video editors do not process .mts files.
About Canon HF200 in specific:
1) The battery that came with the camcorder takes a LONG time (almost 3 hours) to charge and gives only about 1 hour of real usage. The camcorder displays that it has 130min at full charge, but that simply doesn’t translate to real minutes. You will probably have to fork out $90 or $125 for bigger batteries. I consider the battery the single disappointment with this camcorder. I had thought that with a SD card the camcorder really shouldn’t use up much energy, as there is no moving parts like a hard drive or a DVD or a miniDV tape.
2) The photo mode takes pretty good quality stills, provided that there is enough ambient light. My picture of a teapot shows also all the dust on the shelf that the teapot sits on.
3) It is a nice feature to be able to easily divide and trim a video file while it is still in the camcorder. I love this feature and would always trim my files before transfering them to the computers.
Canon VIXIA HF200 HD Flash Memory Camcorder With 15x Optical Zoom ,Reviewed by W. Battalora (Pennsylvania USA)
Satisfied Rating (8/10)
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