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Canon VIXIA HV40

Canon VIXIA HV40

Quick Specifications

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  • Optical sensor type CMOS
  • Flash type Built-in flash
  • Weight 1.2 lbs
  • Depth 5.4 in
  • Height 3.2 in
  • Lens System 10 x x Zoom lens - 6.1 mm - 61 mm - F/1.8-3.0
  • Product Description Canon VIXIA HV40 - Camcorder - Consumer - Mini DV (HDV)
  • Width 3.5 in

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"Best Compact Minidv Camcorder in this price range"

5 stars  | on by 95carreacab

Pros

I specificly needed a portable minidv camcorder for my snowboarding videos but i still needed great video quality.I googled the hv40 and found this site hv40.net and readsome reviews and i found it for $200 less than msrp great camera & great price

Cons

its minidv (if thats con)

Summary

Being most cameras these days record to a hard drive or flash memory,i needed a minidv format hd camera.I was in mammoth ca snowboarding and i hit a mogel and when i got back to my room i found all my video from the past 3 days somehow ... Read full review

Being most cameras these days record to a hard drive or flash memory,i needed a minidv format hd camera.I was in mammoth ca snowboarding and i hit a mogel and when i got back to my room i found all my video from the past 3 days somehow got deleted due to the fact when your boarding down a black diamond its very bumpy and the vibration caused my hard drive to fail.So i came across this site hv40.net and ordered the camera overnite for like 200 less than msrp and the nexd day i had my camera in time for my afternoon run.I love the minidv format much better than a hard drive being if something goes wrong with the tape i can pop in a new one.With my harddrive canon wanted $600 to fix my old hard drive and the 6 hrs of video was not something that they were able to restore from the hard drive.So now im a firm believer in the tapes and this camera works great, my video quality is the same as in a shaun white video.Highly Recommended!!!

Updated on Dec 4, 2009

Here is the link to the site I found on Google. <a href="http://hv40.net" target="_blank"> Canon HV40 </a>

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"Good quality video, nice stills, Good for the price."

4 stars  | on by mefilm

Pros

Mini DV tapes are cheap and reliable, produces good quality HD recordings, on board mic is not bad, menu setting are ok and work well, Good still pictures, small and easy to carry around but still gives very good results. Will record from external devices

Cons

Mini DV tape takes as long to put onto a computer before editing as it does to record (flash memory like SD cards import to a PC much more quickly). Build quality is not the best but it is a low price for the video quality. Slightly more bulky than a flas

Summary

If you don't need the speed of flash memory when transferring your footage to a PC and can put up with the slightly shoddy build quality, but still want a cheap camcorder that records quality HD video, then just go out and buy this camcorder. I own this camcorder ... Read full review

If you don't need the speed of flash memory when transferring your footage to a PC and can put up with the slightly shoddy build quality, but still want a cheap camcorder that records quality HD video, then just go out and buy this camcorder. I own this camcorder and think it is very good for the price, it records very good quality High Definition footage and is cheap for the quality pictures it can produce. The build quality could and should be better from canon, but it still records like a semi pro camcorder costing three times more and will probably never let you down. Good for the money.

"AWESOME CAMERA but......"

3.5 stars  | on by cgfilms

Pros

good video qaulity, small, portable, low price.

Cons

low light situations, the glossy finish, manual focus wheel

Summary

This is a great camcorder for what i use it for. (youtube videos, weddings, plays, school) but...... i hate the dumb focus knob!!!! why couldent they put a real focus RING on there!!!! Anyways the video qaulity is good, exept in low light. I like the black color, but i ... Read full review

This is a great camcorder for what i use it for. (youtube videos, weddings, plays, school) but...... i hate the dumb focus knob!!!! why couldent they put a real focus RING on there!!!! Anyways the video qaulity is good, exept in low light. I like the black color, but i HATE the glosy finish it gets to dusty and smugey, and its very easy to get scraches on it. I would recomend getting a lens hood for reduced lens flares and for added coolness! but its all around a good camcorder! http://www.youtube.com/MARINEfreak06

 

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