Canon comes clean with HD camcorder lineup at CES 2009

by Darren Murph, posted Jan 5th 2009 at 1:11PM

Just as Canon did last year, it has busted out a plethora of new high-def camcorders for our enjoyment over the course of 2009. Without further adieu, let's take a closer look at the outfit's five newest. Starting things off are the VIXIA HF S10 and VIXIA HF S100 flash models, which offer up to 32GB of internal storage along with an SDHC card slot. Both units tout the DIGIC DV III image processor, an 8.59-megapixel Full HD CMOS sensor, face detection, Auto Exposure system and the ability to snap 8-megapixel stills. Moving on, we've got the VIXIA HF20 and VIXIA HF200 models, both of which include a 3.59-megapixel Full HD CMOS sensor and a 15x lens. Closing out the bunch is the HV40 HDV, which offers a 2.96-megapixel Full HD CMOS sensor, 10x zoom lens, native 24p support and a Custom Key Mode that filmmakers should adore. Sadly, the full release is curiously devoid of pricing and availability information.

Gallery: Canon comes clean with HD camcorder lineup at CES 2009

Filed under: Other hardware, Canon

Tags: camcorder, canon, ces, ces 2009, Ces2009, DIGIC DV III, DigicDvIii, flash camcorder, FlashCamcorder, hd camcorder, HdCamcorder, HDV, HF S10, HF S100, HF20, HF200, HfS10, HfS100, HV40, vixia, VIXIA HF S10, VIXIA HF S100, VixiaHfS10, VixiaHfS100

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Greg @ Jan 5th 2009 3:13PM

You're not the only blogger culprit (by far), but the phrase is, "without further ado." No French required.

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Martin Chartrand @ Jan 11th 2009 1:12AM

yes but I'm french-canadian & it's first time I rally get what ado really means!

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Tony @ Jan 5th 2009 6:46PM

While Canon does have kick ass HD camcorders, it's still sad that none of the consumer models come with a LANC port. I can't record my short track speedskating meets using the zoom on the camcorder to produce good quality shots.

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Captain Drew @ Jan 5th 2009 8:53PM

I'm curious how heavy these little beasties are, you know, between the Canon clutch or the Samsung darlins. Either way, I be expecting hellacious long batter life out of the twain.

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InfinityPlusOne @ Jan 6th 2009 9:35AM

So what's up with them skimping on the optical zoom on their new flagship models? 10X zoom for the HF S10/S100 (8.59 megapixels CMOS) and 15X zoom for the HF20/HF200 (3.89 megapixels CMOS)? Or are they just saving that for next year's iteration?

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haykong @ Jan 9th 2009 2:23PM

Hey InfinityPlusOne,

The reason why Canon did not increase optical zoom the the flagship model is because, they have much larger Sensors 1/2.6 sensor vs 1/4 sensor... which is much smaller.

If you noticed the HFS100 lens is much larger than the original HF100 since the sensor size is much larger on the newer model.

IF you have a much larger sensor and wanted 15x optical you most vastly increase the lens size.

That's why canon separated the two various types of models.....

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