Canon Vixia HF M40 Product Specs
The Canon HF M40 is the latest mid-range camcorder from Canon. With the same risky new sensor, this impressive bargain has great low light performance and a plethora of manual controls.
| Canon Vixia HF M40- Specs | |
|---|---|
| Original Price | 599.99 |
| Year | 2011 |
| Format | Flash memory |
| Class | Consumer |
| HD | Yes |
| General Type | Basic Budget, Prosumer |
| Image Stabilization | Dynamic Optical / Standard Optical / Powered IS |
| HD Video Format | AVCHD |
| Frame Rate(s) | 50i, 25p Progressive (records at 50i) |
| Optical Zoom | 10 x |
| Digital Zoom | 40, 200 x |
| Manual Exposure | Yes |
| Manual Aperture | Yes |
| Manual Shutter Speed | Yes |
| Maximum Shutter Speed | 1/2000 |
| Manual White Balance | Yes |
| White Balance Presets | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent H, Fluorescent, Manual |
| Auto / Easy Mode | Yes |
| Face Detection | Yes |
| Low Light Mode(s) | Yes |
| Still-Video Hybrid | Yes |
| Weight (with battery pack) | 410 g |
| Weight (w/o battery pack) | 350 g |
| Width (mm) | 74.00 mm |
| Height (mm) | 71.00 mm |
| Length (mm) | 131.00 mm |
| LCD Size (inches) | 3.00 in. |
| LCD Resolution (pixels) | 230000 pixels |
| Touch Screen | Yes |
| Viewfinder | No |
| Waterproof | No |
| Composite (RCA) output | Yes |
| USB | Yes |
| Component output | Yes |
| HDMI | Yes |
| Headphone output | Yes |
| External Microphone input | Yes |
| Accessory Shoe (Hot) | Yes |
| Sister Model Up | HF M41 |
| Sister Model Down | HF M400 |
| Included Battery | BP-808 |
| Canon Vixia HF M40 Scores | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | Score | Weighting | |
| Color Score | 9.14 | 2.0 | |
| Noise Score | 7.90 | 1.0 | |
| Wide Angle Score | 9.40 | 0.8 | |
| Motion Score | 10.70 | 1.0 | |
| Video Sharpness Score | 11.32 | 4.0 | |
| Low Light Color Score | 8.41 | 1.25 | |
| Low Light Sensitivity Score | 10.94 | 1.5 | |
| Low Light Noise Score | 10.57 | 1.25 | |
| Compression Score | 8.00 | 1.0 | |
| Media Score | 8.86 | 1.5 | |
| Editing Score | 7.00 | 0.75 | |
| Auto Mode Score | 10.62 | 0.5 | |
| Zoom Score | 7.00 | 0.75 | |
| Zoom Ratio Score | 3.77 | 0.5 | |
| Focus Score | 4.50 | 0.7 | |
| Exposure Score | 9.00 | 0.65 | |
| Aperture Score | 6.25 | 0.65 | |
| Shutter Speed Score | 6.80 | 0.6 | |
| White Balance Score | 9.50 | 0.55 | |
| Gain Score | 3.50 | 0.5 | |
| Color & Image Controls Score | 15.00 | 0.5 | |
| Other Manual Controls Score | 3.00 | 0.5 | |
| Still Features Score | 8.45 | 0.8 | |
| Ease of Use Score | 7.25 | 1.25 | |
| Handling Score | 7.00 | 1.25 | |
| Stabilization Score | 8.50 | 1.0 | |
| Portability Score | 8.40 | 0.8 | |
| Battery Life Score | 6.25 | 1.0 | |
| LCD & Viewfinder Score | 8.58 | 0.6 | |
| Menus Score | 4.00 | 1.0 | |
| Playback Score | 7.25 | 0.3 | |
| Connectivity Score | 6.88 | 0.8 | |
| Audio Features Score | 5.50 | 1.0 | |
| Other Features Score | 4.50 | 0.5 | |
| Total: | 275 | ||
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