Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Canon HV20 High Definition Camcorder (10X Optical Zoom, 2.7" Widescreen Colour LCD)

	List Price: Our Price: £840.91 Your Save: £ ( % ) Availability: Manufacturer: Canon
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Binding: Electronics Brand: Canon EAN: 8714574993584 Label: Canon Manufacturer: Canon Model: 2060B006AA Publisher: Canon Release Date: 2007-04-04 Studio: Canon
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Little Belter Comment: This camcorder is well worth the money, if like me, you are looking for good quality DV for editing and putting it on standard DVD then look no further. The sound recording is a bit 'ify' but then so is all small camcorder sound. Get a decent external mic to go with it and you've got a wow! combination. I saw one review which says the HV20 has no earphone socket, this is not true as it has a combo line out/headphones socket which you can select from the menu.Anyway It has HDMI or Firewire, so why would you want line out? I tried the HDMI on an HDTV and it was brilliant but I think high def. editing is some way off yet for most people, it is for me. I'm happy with the true widescreen DV capture and sound from my external mic and I hope to get lots of good footage to edit from it. Customer Rating: Summary: Canon HV20 High Definition Camcorder Comment: ****BRILLIANT**** I purchased this for my husband's 70th birthday. He did all the 'leg work' (on the internet) and decided on this one. It must be exceptional as he is not known for holding back on criticism - I have not heard a single complaint after several months of frequent use. Whew!!!! Its always a risk buying without seeing a product first. Well done Canon and well done Amazon for a good product at a competitive price. Customer Rating: Summary: Impressed Comment: I bought this as a cheap way into HD for use on a 55" full HD tv after using a great TRV20 Sony DV model for several years. The picture quality, particularly on cine mode, is stunning. The detail even on a giant screen is outstanding. This size screen shows up the slightest picture problem on blu ray let alone Sky HD. 1st impressions not brilliant as it feels slightly flimsy and lightweight compared to the Sony but that wears off quickly. The control positioning obviously suits my hands. The memory card I bought separately but at £9 for 2 gig is hardly a problem and the picture quality of stills, especially in widescreen is very good. I use ordinary dv tapes, which at £1 each for 25, is very cheap bulk storage for work. This is important because you can't load edited HDV back to the camera tape. This turned out not to be the budget buy I was half expecting but a top quality purchase. Well done Canon & Amazon. Customer Rating: Summary: Just brilliant - and well priced Comment: Having had a Canon Camcorder for 8 years (The MV20i) I am already hooked on the brilliance of Canon. So this move to the next stage was for me merely a point in time of when to buy and what to buy. My old model had most of what I needed in the new but since I do all of my editing on my PC now via Pinnacle Studio - I wanted the option of transferring my edited movie back onto my DV tape and the Firewire in/out option within the HV20 gives me this. I have found the HV20 to be a very user friendly piece of kit that produces just awesome pictures. The ergonomics are mentioned in a few reports and yes I would agree that they dont seem to be placed around a normel persons hand - the zoom dial for example doesnt fit nicely in line with the index finger that is supposed to operate it but, I guess I will get used to it. The problem is that my previous model was so good then these small items need to be commented upon. However, no way would that stop me giving this a 5 star rating. I am also impressed by the photograhic capability at the 3mpixel camera although I would have preferred to have known that I needed to buy memory card so I could have done that at the same time. (256meg recommended) I have now had the product for just over a week and have found it to be just perfect for what I wanted. I must also comment on the brilliant ability to control the sound "in" input via a manual control. This is really useful where you are in a quiet room and the speech you want to pick up is at the other side of the room. Finally no matter what you do - if you have an HD television then invest in HD tapes the differance is just amazing and this is after recording in ordinary mini DV and finding that superb too. Worth every penny. Customer Rating: Summary: Great quality video from the HV 20 Comment: After doing a lot of research in 2007 I decided to buy the HV 20 I was going to get 1 about 5 months before I did but I was still not sure so really looked into what was out there and even after the 5months of looking around nothing came out that could touch the picture quality at the price of the canon. I work with a lot of video cameras in my job and this little camera has really impressed me. 1 st off remeber this is not being sold as semi pro camrea its just a general consumer camera that is producing some of the best quality pictures I have seen when even compared to pro and semi pro units that can cost thousands of pounds. I have been using it in some real low light conditions for filming danceing in low light enviroments (clubs) and have been impressed with the quality of the capture. I found with setting the camera to HDV (PF25) and the sports aperture setting has produced some of the best results in low light. The 25 frame emulation mode will capture your videos that gives them a look as if they have been captured on a film camera somthing similar to what a lot of TV drama is shot emulating the look of a super 16mm camera. Its not that the video looks like it has been shot on film it has the ablity to give the camera to record footage with a different feel that is really hard to explain but it certainly has the feel as if it has been shot on a much more expensive unit than the HV 20. The quality of the built in 3 meg still camera is nat amazing but I have found it a great tool that if used right can capture some good quality pictures that you can use in your videos when it comes to editing those family movies. The camera also has a built in flash which is very limited but is better than no flash I guess.It records the stills on to Mini SD card and you can switch bettween capturing video and stills by a switch on the side of the unit. You are supposedly able to capture stills at a low res whilst filming but I have not used this option as the resolution is to low. I have had some issues with the auto focus but this is normal for these types of units and the wheel on the side of the unit for manual focusing I have found useless. You will never get the right feel being detached from the lens unit. I have been impressed with the built in mic for basic recording but if you plan on doing anything where the sound is really improtant you should definatly invest in an exturnal mic. I could talk about this camera for ages so I will shut up now. Basically if you want a HDV Tape based unit at a great price and accept that this is not a pro unit you cant go wrong, (I have even shot a short film onit) with good results so it shows you a bad work man can always blame his tools and I have been really impressed with this tool. More Reviews
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