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Canon Japan have unveiled two new camcorders, each recording AVCHD footage at up to 24Mbps Full HD. The Canon iVIS HF21 and iVIS HF S11 have 64GB of onboard storage each, plus an SDHC card slot, and can record just under six hours of 24Mbps 1920 x 1080 footage to their internal memory. They also use Canon’s DIGIC DV III Video processor.
The iVIS HD S11 has a 1/2.6-inch CMOS capable of up to 8-megapixel stills, while the iVIS HF21 gets a 1/4-inch CMOS and up to 4-megapixel stills. Each has optical stabilization, an optical zoom (10x in the HF S11; 15x in the HF21) and face-detection, together with a 2.7-inch wide-aspect LCD preview screen.
Connectivity includes USB, a proprietary AV port, headphones and microphone-input, and there’s an optional underwater kit for the HF21. Both will go on sale in Japan come August, though there’s no word on pricing as yet.
One Response to “Canon iVIS HF21 and HF S11 camcorders: up to 24Mbps Full HD”
josephtame September 7, 2009
I’m a podcast producer based in Tokyo and last week took delivery of the HF S11. I would just like to say that this camera is stunning! The picture quality is simply superb, and the image stabilisation is unlike anything I’ve seen on a consumer camera before.
I shot a video of a traditional Japanese dance festival last week – all handheld, and much of it filmed from quite a distance (link below).
We use it with the DM100 Directional Stereo Mic – superb piece of kit.
The battery life with the included BP-807 is dissapointing – about one hour in reality (we have now invested in the BP-827). We will also be buying a wide angle lens as for interviews you have to get a fair distance between the camera and the interviewee.
Can’t recommend this camera highly enough. Works wonderfully with Final Cut / iMovie too.
The version of our video we have on Facebook is the best quality upload we have, or there’s an MP4 available for download. You Tube version also available. The page in question is
http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/2.....ival-2009/
Joseph
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