 - Capture high-definition video to flash memory
- 12x optical zoom; SuperRange Optical Image Stabilizer
- 24p Cinema Mode; 30p Progressive Mode
- 2.7-inch widescreen Multi-Angle Vivid LCD
- Simultaneous photo capture
List Price: $899.99
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Product Description: From Canon's long history of optical excellence, advanced image processing, superb performance and technological innovation in photographic and broadcast television cameras comes the latest in high definition camcorders.Now, with the light, compact Canon VIXIA HF100, you can have stunning AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) format recording with the ease and numerous benefits of Flash Memory. It's used in some of the world's most innovative electronic products such as laptop computers, MP3 players, PDAs and cell phones.Add to that the VIXIA HF100's Canon Exclusive features such as Canon's 3.3 Megapixel Full HD CMOS sensor and advanced DIGIC DV II Image Processor, SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization, Instant Auto Focus, 2.7" Widescreen Multi-Angle Vivid LCD and the Genuine Canon 12x HD video zoom lens and you have a Flash Memory camcorder that's hard to beat and unmistakably Canon. Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-07
Great camera for my skill level!
For my needs and skill level (mom on the go!) this is the perfect camera! I wanted an all-in-one unit (video and stills) so I wouldn't have to purchase a digital camera separately. I am very pleased with the quality of both the video and stills. It's lightweight, compact, simple and straightforward. I did a lot of research before purchasing, and feel this camera offers the most bang for the buck with great quality pictures. Good for a families who want something small and functional. But don't buy retail! I saved around $150 searching on Amazon. Rating:
Date: 2008-07-07
superb
very clean and clear picture - works perfectly with my Macbook Pro and iMovie...
good color... needs a little fiddling to get perfect. Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-07
Great camcorder, limited software
The first advice is to buy from Amazon. Don't waste your time with NY and NJ online stores with no addresses and prices significantly less than Amazon.
The HF-100 package is an example of a product rushed to the marketplace before having it tested by simple-minded consumers like me.
The camcorder is a beautiful feat of engineering. The size, shape and arrangement of controls is fine. I take video of chorale concert performances 100 to 200 feet away indoors and outdoors and the video and sound are outstanding. Don't buy any microphones until you have tried the built in one. I have hand held it and the motion control doesn't appear to work well enough so I'm going to try a monopod.
The weakness in the HF-100 package is the software inability to burn DVD's from the files in the computer.
I have spoken with Pixela support several times and have been assured my duo core Dell has all the necessary contents to burn DVD's but it won't. Read all the reviews regarding software issues and if they are negative believe them.
Once the files are loaded into your computer and you erase the SD card you can't do anything but watch them on your computer. The MTS and M2TS files are too new for any software to handle them.
Try the software but don't waste your time struggling as I did. If you can't burn DVD's fom your computer then burn them from your camcorder.
You can buy the companion Canon HD DVD burner and burn HD DVD's by hooking the camcorder directly to the burner. I didn't do this since I have read that there are some problems with DVD players reading these DVD's especially if you and your friends and relatives have don't have HD DVD players. Or you can do what I did and buy a standard DVD burner like the Sony RDR-GX360 and hook the HF-100 directly to it with the included STV-250N 3 plug cable and burn DVD's that can be read by all DVD players.
This is simple.
The sound and video is great, not HD, but be sure to make extra copies if you plan to erase and reuse your SD card. It may be a while before some software comes out to make HD and standard DVD burning simple from your computer. Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-06
Cannon HD movie camera==HF100
Appears to be well made, sturdy camera. The difference in use between this and a DV tape presents more of an adjustment than I expected, but I think I will eventually be happy with the camera.
Issues I have with the design, software, and AVCHD
1. I miss a manual viewfinder
2. The supplied video editing software is worthless
3. I have Premier Elements 4 software and can't use it with the format
4. Finding the correct white balance can be difficult.
5. Downloading from the camera to the computer has aggravating problems.
a. power cord must be plugged in for the camera to download.
b. can't download to a secondary drive in the computer.
6. Can't download the movies directly from the SD card, but must go through the camera.
7. I wish it had the option to record in SD with 4:3 ratio. Rating:
Date: 2008-07-03
Great camera, sparse format support
This is a remarkable camera that weights practically nothing and takes very realistic HD video with extremely clear stereo sound. I bought a mini-HDMI to HDMI cable to plug it directly into our HD LCD TV and the quality rivals what you can see on Discovery HD. You will not be disappointed with the video quality. Still images too look fantastic. I set it to 30p frame rate since our TV and computers are progressive scan displays and the 60i seems a little shaky with software support. The stills at 2 MP may not have enough resolution for large prints, but they are incredible again on an HDTV as it displays them at a 1:1 ratio.
The only thing lacking is good software support for the AVCHD format. The crappy software that it comes with is Windows only and has limited editing. We are a Mac/Linux household so I'm still waiting for native AVCHD playback support on my MythTV box. The Mac can import from the camera using iMovie though it converts it to Apple's format which is huge and can take hours. I'm sure the software world will catch up with the new AVCHD format cameras very soon though.
The only knock against the camera itself is the slowness when changing between video and picture modes. It can take 15 seconds before it is ready to take a photo or up to 5 seconds or so when switching back to video mode. I do not know why unless it is the fact that I have a 16GB card? Maybe Canon can provide a firmware update to speed it up. | 
