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Which camcorder is better, Sony HDR-SR11 or Canon VIXIA HG20?
I can’t choose between those two camcorders, which one is better? What is the main specification I should consider? Here are the links :
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665291500
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=177&modelid=17382
Thank you in advance.
Sony:
Strengths: Size, HD Picture Quality, High Res LCD Panel, Viewfinder, Battery Charge Level Info, Quick On, Manual Focus, Built-in Flash, Zoom Mic With 5.1 Dolby, 60GB Hard Drive (7hrs HD Storage)
Weaknesses: Editing Software, Price of Pro Duo Cards, No External Charger, File Transfer to External Hard Drive Requires PC, Fade to black or white hard to use.
Summary: (Edited May 08th by cipresso) I have been researching HD Camcorders for over 2 years and finally purchased this Sony. In my opinion, for the money this is the best HD camcorder on the market today. It has most all the features you need and gives you a full 1080i HD recording. The picture quality when watching on my 50” plasma is excellent using either the AV component or HDMI cables.
Some of the features include a “Quick On” standby feature, saves on the battery and you can switch to recording mode in 1 second. A zoom option for the Mic which does a nice job of picking up voices. All the jacks you need are on the camcorder (Power, Mini HDMI, USB, A/V to Component, External MIC and Head Set), so you don’t really need the base. Has a built in speaker. Ability to quickly change from video to pictures and capture still images from video.
It is one of the few HD camcorders with both a viewfinder and a flip out LCD panel. Viewfinder is nice for outdoor video or pictures in bright sunlight. It has a high resolution LCD panel, but it washes out in the sun. The touch panel on the LCD works well. Able to tap icons with your fingernail, so you don’t get fingerprints on the display.
Another nice feature is the LCD shows you the minutes of recording time remaining. Also, when the camcorder is off, you can press the “DISP/BATT” button and it shows you the % of charge remaining. When watching video on the LCD, you can press the same button to hide icons/indicators.
There are a few disappointments. 1) Wish the included editing software was more robust. The best software for AVCHD appears to be Sony Vegas Pro ($300+) 2) the power cord for my Canon camcorder could be used to charge a battery w/o the camcorder. So you could always be charging a spare battery. Sony power cord requires the battery be attached to the camcorder to charge it. You can spend $45+ to get an external charger. 3) Wish you could move video files directly from camcorder to a portable hard drive via the USB port w/o a PC. You can bring a laptop on trips or buy a Memory Stick Pro Duo cards or portable DVD burner to back up video on the fly. 4) Camcorder is a bit heavy for its size, have to adjust the strap just right to get a good balanced grip. 5) 8GB Memory Stick Pro Duo cards are expensive ($100). 6) Fader option is virtually useless, have to turn it on to fade in. Then while recording, you have to go thru menus to turn on fader again, to fade out.
Canon:
The good: Excellent video quality; fast focus; compact, attractive, and comfortable design.
The bad: Wind filter not as dependable as previous Canon models; manual focus pretty useless.
The bottom line: Like its sibling the HF10, Canon’s flash-based Vixia HF11 delivers excellent HD video quality and performance in a tiny package. However, the HF11 delivers a bit more value for its lower price
The petite HF11 weighs 15.1 ounces with SD card and battery and measures 2.9 inches wide by 2.5 inches high by 5.1 inches deep–small and light enough to fit into a large jacket pocket, which is about as good as it gets on the horizontal designs. That’s about the same as its main competitor, the Sony Handycam HDR-CX12 and more compact than its cousins, the hard-disk-based Vixia HG20/HG21 or MiniDV-based Vixia HV30. The plastic body feels quite solid, too.
The HF11 incorporates 32GB built-in flash memory and a slot for SDHC removable flash. (Its littler and least-expensive brother, the HF100, lacks only built-in memory.) It records AVCHD video at a maximum bit rate of 24Mbps (about 3 hours of video), and can hold up to 12 hours and 28 minutes of video at the lowest bit rate of 5Mbps.
So what I feel is that both afre equally good and almost in the same price TAG also but Sony is a little bit edge over Canon.
Canon EOS 60D DSLR & SONY Camcorder video Test. Hollywood, California. In 1080P HD
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