Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 (Camcorders)

Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100
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Product Age Average review date: 02-10-2009

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alaScore 85

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283 reviews

May, 2012

Expert Reviews (14)

User Reviews (269)

Great cam, no EVF? Who cares, certainly not pros!

By testshoot (cnet.com) Read the full review

Don't take snarky personal baggage like Lori @Cnet's review as a reason to look elsewhere because of a viewfinder nobody bothers with anymore, aside from that, she is spot on for he review, it is even better I think than the HF S21 that just came out.

Great video, easy interface, external outputs, better video than Youtube or Vimeo can display

slow focus, low light less than stellar, manual focus also slow, limited depth of focus

Jul, 2010 2010-07-18   4.5

Excellent Blu-ray quality HD camera - 1080p

By robertmeyers0513 (cnet.com) Read the full review

In response to other reviewers who complained about the bundled software, I have this to say: 1. To copy, view, and store the videos on your computer, NO SOFTWARE IS REQUIRED! You just plug the camera in and download your videos like any other...

Excellent video quality ; Very solid design (other than a little rattle while powered off, but who cares about that!?) ; Very well-written user's manual

Not much, I would have liked an included HDMI cable though

Apr, 2010 2010-04-14   5

Excellent Blu-ray quality HD camera - 1080p"

By robertmeyers0513 (cnet.com) Read the full review

In response to other reviewers who complained... 

Excellent video quality

Not much, I would have liked an included HDMI cable though

Apr, 2010 2010-04-14   5

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Manufacturer's Description

Great looking, smart and compact design that performs as good as it looks. Both easy to use and easy to carry. The EB-X7 offers not just a stylish design, but great performance as well. Thanks to its friendly design and portable weight, you can take this projector anywhere for your presentation. Simple functions allow you to use the projector very easily. Its exceptional value is complemented by an outstanding 5000 hours long life E-TORL lamp, offering you extra peace of mind. The EB-X7...

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alaTest has collected and analysed 283 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers are impressed by the portability. The usability is also mentioned favorably. There are some negative ratings about the viewfinder and connectivity. Opinions are divided on the value for money.

We analysed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.

May, 2012 2012-05-16 alaScore 85 4.3

Canon Legria HF S100 review

By Lori Grunin (cnet.co.uk)

The Canon Legria HF S100 is an excellent SD card-based, prosumer, high-definition camcorder. The lack of an eye-level viewfinder may put some off though, but you might find it a better buy than its almost identical -- but more expensive -- sibling, the...

Excellent video quality and performance ; Nicely designed interface ; Fast battery charging

No eye-level viewfinder ; Expensive ; Lens cover rattles when closed

Mar, 2009 2009-03-31   4

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Canon LEGRIA HF S100

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You will be very surprised at the size and weight of this camcorder, it weighs about 450 grams which for a camcorder like this is extremely light, and as such, adds a little to the price. The camera is 70mm wide, 69cm height and 136mm long. This makes...

Overall you can be sure that the Canon S100 is a camcorder that you can really rely upon to always give you the clearest possible video. The camcorder is stylish and very easy to use making this camera perfect for shooting professional video even if...

The camcorder is black and silver with a large lens making this camcorder look like a very stylish professional camcorder.

Jan, 2010 2010-01-09   3

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Canon Vixia HF S100

By Lori Grunin (cnet.com)

Many companies turn out SD-based camcorders in compact designs, simply because the flash-based technologies allow for much smaller models than those based on tape, hard disks, and mini DVDs. While Canon continues to offer compact AVCHD models, the...

Excellent video quality and performance; nicely designed interface; fast battery charging

No eye-level viewfinder; expensive; lens cover rattles when closed

An excellent flash-based prosumer HD camcorder, you may nevertheless pass on the Canon Vixia HF S100 because it lacks an eye-level viewfinder. It's probably a better buy than the identical--but more expensive, because it has 32GB built-in memory--Vixia...

Apr, 2009 2009-04-06   4

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Canon Vixia HF S100

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The feature set and HD offering from Canon is absolutely a major contender in the camcorder market. While it appears to be a bit pricey those who are looking to enter the camcorder market would be advised to invest in a HD camcorder from the get go as...

Great for novice and medium skill usersEasy to holdFace detectionMinimal digital noise

The Canon Vixia HF S100 camcorder offers up a high definition camcorder...

Apr, 2009 2009-04-12   4

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Canon Vixia HF S100 Camcorder Review

By Kaitlyn Chantry and Jeremy Stamas (camcorderinfo.com)

The Canon Vixia HF S100 (and its sister model, the HF S10) represent the top of the line from the manufacturer's 2009 camcorders. The 8.59-megapixel sensor, large lens, still photo capabilities, and excellent new custom control dial are just some of...

Canon has certainly made some improvements this year with the HF S100: a new lens and sensor that produce incredibly sharp videos and photos, a new processor that allows for simultaneous photo recording and less noise, and an excellent new custom...

Canon has also improved the overall video performance, although some low light performance was sacrificed in order to achieve incredibly high sharpness. With Panasonic and Sony both making significant strides in performance this year-and strong...

Apr, 2009 2009-04-10   2.6

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Canon HF S100

By Jeremy Stamas (washingtonpost.com)

The HF S100 (along with its sister model, the HF S10) is Canon's new flagship HD camcorder for 2009. The camcorder has large shoes to fill, as it represents an upgrade over our winner of 2008 camcorder of the year-the Canon HF11. Canon has packed quite...

The HF S100 records exclusively to removable SD/SDHC memory cards, which are sold separately. Its upgraded sister model, HF S10, is essentially the same camcorder as the HF S100, but with 32GB of built-in flash memory (for an extra $200). With...

The HF S100 is currently available from Canon for an MSRP of $1099

Apr, 2009 2009-04-15 No rating -0.1

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  6 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 33 user reviews of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from cnet.com. The user reviews were collected from Jan, 2009 to Jul, 2010. The average user rating from cnet.com is 80 out of 100.

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Great cam, no EVF? Who cares, certainly not pros!

Don't take snarky personal baggage like Lori @Cnet's review as a reason to look elsewhere because of a viewfinder nobody bothers with anymore, aside f

Excellent Blu-ray quality HD camera - 1080p"

In response to other reviewers who complained...  Excellent video quality Not much, I would have liked an included HDMI cable though

Excellent Blu-ray quality HD camera - 1080p

In response to other reviewers who complained about the bundled software, I have this to say: 1. To copy, view, and store the videos on your computer

a few misses to be aware of"

Excellent video quality and color enhancement...  Excellent video quality and color enhancement. Colors look vivid without looking artificial. I enjo

  30 Users positive 3 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 3 user reviews of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from pcworld.com. The user reviews were collected from Feb, 2009 to Oct, 2009. The average user rating from pcworld.com is 100 out of 100.

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Canon VIXIA HF S100 SDHC Flash Memory HD Camcorder

Overall Evaluation: The perfect choice for trips. The video (and still photo) quality is amazing. HD Clarity; 24Mbps Recording; 8MP Still Photo; Opti

Canon VIXIA HF S100 SDHC Flash Memory HD Camcorder

I bought the HFS100 for an excellent price at 6th ave.This cam produces awesome high def video and the audio is great. Still shots are fine. Manual ad

Canon VIXIA HF S100 SDHC Flash Memory HD Camcorder

Extremely versatile HD cam loaded with manual settings, including: 1080i or 480i; 24 or 30 frames; 24 Mbps. The perfect choice for trips. The video (a

  3 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 3 user reviews of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from circuitcity.com. The user reviews were collected from Nov, 2009 to Jan, 2010. The average user rating from circuitcity.com is 100 out of 100.

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Great Camcorder

I'm no camcorder expert but I'm very impressed with this one! I'm not sure how good the prosumer category is supposed to be, but I can tell you this i

Great camera

I love this camera. Look, I'm no videographer or even a very good novice SO for people like me this is a great product. I need a top quality camera th

Great camcorder for price.

Just got first video off camera and looks vantastic in 24mbps, can see every hair on your head. Loads of features, not all perfectly convienent as on

  3 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 10 user reviews of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from newegg.com. The user reviews were collected from May, 2009 to Mar, 2010. The average user rating from newegg.com is 92 out of 100.

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Can't beat the price:what you get ratio!!

I do wish they had a manual focus on the viewing screen so those of us who need glasses up close could adjust the view so we didn't need those glasses

Superb.

I haven't tried the video editing software yet. I coupled this purchase with an adata 16 gb class 6 sdhc, and a mini HDMI to regular HDMI output cable

Price went up

I've been coveting this camera for weeks because I've read alot of good reviews. This looks like the perfect camera to blow my tax refund on Unfortuna

An awesome camera with terrible internal file management.

Even though the video files this camera vomits out teeter on the very edge of being useless, the video is crisp and beautiful. You'll probably want to

  10 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from vanns.com. This user review was collected in 0000-00-00, with a rating of 100 out of 100.

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Satisfied Customer

We bought the Canon HFS100 video with two major goals in mind. We are expecting our first child so we wanted a camera that could capture all the home

  1 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 184 user reviews of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from amazon.com. The user reviews were collected from Mar, 2009 to Feb, 2012. The average user rating from amazon.com is 88 out of 100.

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Good Camera

Good camera used it all over the world.

Awesome Camcorder!

I ordered this camcorder around June of 2010 and was pretty excited about it. When I got it it exceeded my expectations. It has a beautiful design and

Nice Camcorder. SD Card Nightmares

In most areas, I like the HFS 100. It records very nicely in the higher resolution modes (FXP and MXP). In SP, is subject to a lot of stepping in lo

Versitile and professional results

I have been using the Canon VIXIA HFS100 for about a year now. Since there has been a release of a comparable product, the HFS200, this is considered

  169 Users positive 15 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 3 user reviews of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from ciao.com. The user reviews were collected from Mar, 2009 to Apr, 2009. The average user rating from ciao.com is 87 out of 100.

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Canon Vixia HF100

Canon may not have been first out of the gate with a flash-based camcorder--or second, or third--but one of its debut models, the high-definition Vixi

More sophisticated and better quality

Disks, and mini DVDs. While Canon continues to offer compact AVCHD models, the Vixia HF20 and the HF200, the company's branching out with slightly mor

this camcorder very easy to use

I just love it. I like Canon camcorder product, this one is very good but very expensive. It's small enough to carry around, but somehow the image sta

  3 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from epinions.com. This user review was collected in 2010-02-07, with a rating of 100 out of 100.

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Canon's Vixia: Look ma' -- no tape. ;-)

HD Camcorders have rapidly evolved since they first surfaced about 3 years ago. In fact, I got one of the first serious consumer HD cameras (Canon's H

  1 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 2 user reviews of the Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100 from overstock.com. The user reviews were collected from Dec, 2009 to Dec, 2009. The average user rating from overstock.com is 90 out of 100.

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All but the Software

All the features and quality of picture is fabulous. Software limited. Very acceptable at this time; have had it for a few weeks, will see after the H

Very Good Camcorder

The camcorder is very easy to use. I've only played with the photo-taking mode a little, but the images don't look good indoors. As for the video, it

  2 Users positive

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Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100

Canon Vixia HF S100 / Legria HF S100: product specifications

Brand

Audio Input
Microphone Operation Mode
Stereo
Microphone Technology
Electret condenser
Type
Microphone
Audio Output
Type
Speaker(s)
Battery
Battery Form Factor
Manufacturer specific
Manufacturer Battery Name
Canon BP-807
Camcorder Features
High Definition Video Support
1080p
Low Lux / Night Mode
 Yes
Widescreen Video Capture
Widescreen Video Capture
Camera Flash
Red Eye Reduction
Built-in
Type
Pop-up flash
Digital Camera
Supported Flash Memory
SD Memory Card / SDHC Memory Card
Dimensions & Weight
Depth
13.6cm/22.8cm
Height
6.9cm/7.7cm
Weight
2.3kg/450g
Width
29.5cm/7cm
Display (Projector)
Class
Digital projector
Colour Support
24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Diagonal Size
2.7in
Diagonal Size (metric)
6.9cm
Display Form Factor
Rotating
Display Resolution Abbreviation
XGA
Image Brightness
2200ANSI lumens
Image Contrast Ratio
2000:1
Max Image Size
7.62m / 762cm
Max Resolution
1024 x 768
Max Screen Distance
10.4m
Min Image Size
0.76m / 76cm
Min Screen Distance
0.84m
Native Aspect Ratio
4:3
Portability
Portable
Recommended Use of Projector
Presentation and multimedia
Technology
TFT active matrix
Type
LCD display/LCD projector
Exposure Parameters
Shooting Programs
Beach / Fireworks / Night mode / Portrait mode / Snow / Sports mode / Spotlight / Sunset
Header
Compatibility
Mac / PC
Manufacturer
Canon/Epson
Model
HF S100/X7
Packaged Quantity
1
Product Line
Canon LEGRIA/Epson EB
Lens System
Lens Aperture
F/1.8-3.0
Max Focal Length
64mm
Min Focal Length
6.4mm
Optical Zoom
10
Type
Zoom lens
Optical Sensor
Camcorder Effective Still Resolution
8.02Megapixel
Camcorder Effective Video Resolution
6.01Mpix
Camcorder Sensor Resolution
8.59Mpix
Optical Sensor Size
1/2.6"
Optical Sensor Size (metric)
9.8 mm ( 1/2.6" ) / 9.8 mm ( 1/2.6 )
Optical Sensor Type
CMOS
Sensor Qty
1CMOS
Optical System
Built-in Optical Image Stabilizer
Built-in / Yes
Image Stabiliser
Optical (SuperRange)
Projector Lamp
Bulb life cycle
4000hour(s)
Bulb type
E-TORL UHE
Service & Support
Type
1 year warranty /2 years warranty
Storage Floppy Drive
Type
 None
Video Input
Analogue Video Format
PAL
Analogue video Signal
Component video / Composite video / RGB / S-Video
Digital Video Format
AVCHD / MPEG-4
Digital Zoom
200
Face Detection
Built-in / Yes
Faders
Art fader / Black & white fader / Wipe fader
Media Type
Flash card
Shooting Modes
Digital photo mode
Special Effects
Low Sharpening / Neutral / Skin Detail / Vivid
Still Image Format
JPEG
Type
Camcorder
Viewfinder
Viewfinder Type
 None

Manufacturer's Description


Great looking, smart and compact design that performs as good as it looks. Both easy to use and easy to carry. The EB-X7 offers not just a stylish design, but great performance as well. Thanks to its friendly design and portable weight, you can take this projector anywhere for your presentation. Simple functions allow you to use the projector very easily. Its exceptional value is complemented by an outstanding 5000 hours long life E-TORL lamp, offering you extra peace of mind. The EB-X7 should be your preferred partner for education.

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