Canon Legria HF20 Camcorder Review

by Jeremy Stamas
Published on Mar 25, 2009 12:41 PM

 
Intro
 Product Tour
Colour & Noise Performance Motion & Resolution Performance
Low Light Performance Compression & Media
Manual Controls Still Features
Handling & Use Playback & Connectivity
Audio & Other Features Sanyo VPC-HD2000 Comparison
Panasonic HDC-HS20 Comparison Canon HF S100 Comparison
Conclusion Photo Gallery
Specs and Ratings


Introduction
Canon's HF20 high definition camcorder, selling for £799, features 32GB internal flash memory and loads of extras. But all is not well in Canonville. Rather than simply build on its recent excellence, Canon retooled the HF20 with some new internals, and in the process, decimated the low light performance. Sure, it has great sharpness, but is that enough. Not hardly, we think.
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Section The Good The Bad
Product Tour Sleek design, not cramped
 The right side doesn't feel good
Colour & Noise Performance Good colour accuracy
 Noise level a little too high
Motion & Resolution Performance Very sharp images with high resolution (one of the best yet)
 A little bit of trailing and fuzziness
Low Light Performance Decent low light colour accuracy
 High noise levels and abysmal low light sensitivity
Compression & Media 32GB - plenty of space for recordings MPEG 4 format is a pain to edit
Manual Controls Great deal of image effects Joystick for manual adjustments is a bit unwieldy, manual controls limited
Still Features Lots of possible customisations and features for photos Just 3.31 megapixels max for photos
Handling & Use Lightweight, easily portable
 Difficult to hold
Playback & Connectivity Plenty of ports and connections
 Location of HDMI and USB ports is bad
Audio & Other Features Handy and of use:Pre-record
Video snap is needless



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