Product DescriptionCanon XH-A1 captures true 1080 High Definition resolution video at 60i, 30F or 24F frame rates (or, 50i/60i with optional upgrade). It captures a true 16:9 widescreen HD image that is made for your HD broadcast and theat. . . Click to See More Full Detail & Discussion
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Don’t believe the Canon brochure. The software doesn’t come with the camcorder. You have to download the trial version, and then they try to sell it to you. Don’t bother with it. It’s poorly written and has drivers untested with Windows. But you can use it to do a “Preformance Test” of your hard drive. The camcorder is great, but I’m giving it 1 star because Canon lied, though Amazon didn’t.
Rating: 1 / 5
This camera is unbelievably overpriced.
It’s like they priced it by the pound or by the button.
The imagers are 1/3″. Do you know how small that is? Stink out your pinky and look at the quick, smaller than that. Three of those, one for each color is what your image is recorded through. That is what is gathering all the info. And that is why your over half your point and shoot photos are blurry without a flash. It is the same imager as your $99 point and shoot camera. Go buy a $200 point and shoot that takes HD video and you have the same imaging ability of this camera. Everything else is bells and whistles.
If you were offered two cars, both had the same guts and performance, but one had a bunch of bells and whistles and cost more than four times as much, which would you buy?
What is the rest of the money for? A big telephoto lens, that does not help gather more light. It doesn’t, compare the f-stop between it and a prosumer camcorder and point and shoot. It does not even have a higher zoom ratio.
The ability to shoot at different resolutions? Big whoop, so do point and shoots.
The ability to shoot at pseudo frame rates? Point and shoots do that too. Most consumer camcorder do that too and the newer camcorders don’t have to shoot in lower HD rez. . . HDV is only 1440 x 1080. . . not the full 1920x 1080. And the new camcorders don’t have to fake it like this one.
XLR hookups, so what, fine add $200. But they probably cost $50 to build on this thing.
Manual controls of wb, shutter, etc. So does a point and shoot for stills, why should doing that for video cost you thousands?
The ability to do slow zooms. WOW. . . not that is worth thousands more. Are you a zoom freak. Afraid of moving your legs. Afraid of editing? You’re buying this thing and you can’t edit. When was the last time you saw a slow smooth ZOOM on network tv. Probably a football game. Is that why you are buying this?
What the hell does this thing do that warrants the price difference between it and even the Canon consumer model HD camcorders?
I’ve used this camera, nothing warrants it.
NOTHING except to look like a pro. And that is what you are paying for, a lame status thing. The ability to change settings with a button instead of a menu. The ability to manually focus with a ring. The ability to hook in pro mics. And the big “look at me” design. Kinda like driving a hummer.
Hey I have a expensive car, I must be important.
Unfortunately that is the stigma attached to videography. In order to sastify your clients ignorance, you must have a “big” camera, even though the same results can be achieved with a $900 camera.
And instead of charging anything realistic to what’s really built in this camera, Canon and the industry get together and make up an arbitrary semi-pro, pro price point. One that you really can’t or shouldn’t pay. This is half the cost of a new car. This four months of mortgage payments.
Nothing in this camera is not in your average point or shoot, except the lens which arguably and comparitively $500 worth of gears and glass.
And of course if you want to look like a pro, you have to buy one of these under-equipped behemoths.
Will this camera make you talented. No. Will this camera, give you abilities you cannot get using something less expensive. NO.
If you have skills you will do fine with a $900 camera.
Are you a budding filmmaker? The only things you should be concerned with. . . are a 24fps frame rate. . . and the ability to change lenses.
Neither of these are offered on this camera. 24f is not true 24fps and barely looks like it.
Rating: 1 / 5
I love this Camera, as soon as I can afford it I will get another one.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought the canon a1 and was debating between a Z1U and this, but I read a lot of good things that people said about it, so I bought it and Im really happy with it, one thing that I was thinking was it is heavy, but you get used to the weight of it, its not bad though. I’m glad that I got it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Canon XH A1 1. 67MP 3CCD High-Definition Camcorder with 20x Optical Zoom Super product. Can be as used as professionally or as amateurish as to you like. It’s NOT a point & shoot camcorder but, it’s mini-cassette recording gives you the best picture you will ever see. The Z1U Sony is too complicated for general use. The Canon A1 is
your best buy for ease of use and price (althou it is price’ie) Before you buy a upscale camcorder look into this unit, there is plenty of information available on internet. Check it out.
Rating: 5 / 5