The Canon Vixia HF S200 belongs to Canon's 2010 HF S series of AVCHD camcorders. The good thing about the camcorders of this series is that unlike the camcorders from Canon's 2009 Prosumer Vixia HF S1x series, they possess the EVF. And even though we liked the Vixia HF S1x series we just could not completely endorse the HF S10/S11 because of the same reason. Although the inclusion of EVF in the camcorders has given a steep rise of $200 to the price of these new series of camcorders, but if you look at the HF S200, you will feel that its worth paying, but at the same time the rise in price makes the camcorder expensive than its reasonably priced, EVF-free siblings and on a whole more expensive than most of its direct competitors. This hike in price could stop a lot of buyers from getting this system. Canon's 2010 HF S series of AVCHD camcorders has three models, each of which differs from the other by the abovementioned viewfinder and memory configuration.  [...]

Canon’s Prosumer Vixia HF S1x series launched in year 2009 was an impressive series even from many aspects, but still we just can’t support its HF S10/S11. The reason here being the missing features such as an electronic viewfinder and is appreciated by a lot of high-end camera buyers. Camcorders that have EVFs are rather easy to operate, while shooting videos and the EVFs are rather easy to see in intense sunlight. But it’s nice to see that finally Canon has opted to fit in an EVF in their high-end Camcorder the Canon Vixia HF S21 for 2010. But sadly, the HF S21 is priced $200 more than its rival EVF-fitted models. Canon's Vixia HF S21 series of AVCHD camcorders has three models for 2010, and the major difference in all these three models is of memory configuration and viewfinder. The major specifications for  [...]

HG21 is another simple to use HD camcorder from Canon. It is just like HF11 from the same manufacturer however the HG21 records to internal memory and the earlier model records on hard drive. If you don’t mind the weight and a shorter battery life then get a hard drive based camcorder or else go for flash drive based ones. Flash drives are now preferred all over but they come at a higher price. So apart from the storage medium is there anything else different in this product? Will this make a good buy? The answer is yes. HG21 has a 120 GB hard drive and HF11 model had a 32 GB internal flash memory. We were glad with the 11 hours rated battery life for the camcorder. HG21 also has a view finder which is now becoming rare. The controls are all located on bezel of the LCD which can be a bit difficult to use, especially the five way joystick button. The screen is 2.7 inch big which is neither smaller nor bigger as compared to most camcorders in this range. The