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| Canon HV20 3MP High Definition MiniDV Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
Buy New: $899.99
Buy New from $899.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (103 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1916
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 61
Minimum Focal Length: 6.1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.2 x 5.6
MPN: CAN-HV20
Model: HV20
UPC: 013803083200
EAN: 0013803083200
ASIN: B000MUV6BA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | HDV camcorder with 1/2.7-inch CMOS image sensor; 24p Cinema Mode | | • | High-definition 10x optical zoom lens; super-range optical image stabilizer | | • | Advanced photo features: up to 3-megapixel stills, histogram display, built-in flash, and more | | • | 2.7-inch color widescreen LCD; color viewfinder | | • | HDMI terminal; advanced accessory shoe |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The name Canon has always meant photographic and broadcast television cameras with optical excellence, advanced image processing, superb performance, and the latest in technological advancements. Canon's High Definition video camcorders are no exception.The stylish Canon HV20 gives you the ultimate in HD video and digital photo quality with advanced features for the knowledgeable and demanding videographer. Its 10x optical zoom lens, 2.96 Megapixel CMOS image sensor and Canon's advanced DIGIC DV II image processor ensures meticulous detail and superior color reproduction. 24p Cinema Mode brings "film-look" options to the HV20 owner - as never before in this class. And, with its HD and Standard Definition recording modes, you can make the move to HD without making your SD equipment obsolete.The HV20 is easy to use and delivers the high level of performance you've come to expect from Canon. It's the premium quality High Definition camcorder that sophisticated and discerning videographers have been waiting for.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 98 more reviews...
Fantastic Image Quality, But 24P Is Tough To Post-Process June 25, 2008
I used to own a Canon GL2 (prosumer SD 3CCD camera with Canon L lens) but got tired of carrying it around to take travel video which I rarely ended up editing. So I sold it and purchased this, looking forward to HD quality and 24P framerates.
The HD quality does not disappoint in any way whatsoever. Hook this up to a 1080i/p HDTV via HDMI and the quality of the image will be indistinguishable from what you see on any of the HD channels. I was blown away.
Build quality wise, it seems a little cheap, the tape loading door on my has a little play in it. It's extremely light, which makes it hard to hold steady; however, the optical image stabilization is surprisingly good. Attempting to hold the camera steady at full zoom results in nearly shake free video.
The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars (and it may not matter to you) is that recording in 24p mode, doesn't actually record 24 progressive frames per second. Instead it records 18 progressive frames and 12 interlaced ones in succession, inside of a 60i stream. There are also no markers embedded in the video to signal to applications e.g. Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, etc. the correct way to process the stream. In order to get a real 24p video you need to perform a pulldown. There are various ways to do this, but none of them are trivial (search the Internet for "Canon HV20 24p Pulldown").
All in all, though, this is an amazing little device. The video I recently took of Upper Yosemite Falls looks better on my TV than I remember it. How often does that happen to you?!
 PAL or NTSC June 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Actually I'm looking for this Canon HV-20 Camcorder with PAL recording system. Please help.
Superb camera at an unbeatable price May 27, 2008
This is the best camera I have ever owned. The picture is flawless and my home videos taken in 24p truly look like they were made for television movies. I love it!
 My HV20 failed after 4 months May 18, 2008
I bought this camcorder four months ago. I was really happy with the image quality of my recordings. However, last week I needed to use the camera (after not having used it for about three weeks) and tried to turn it on only to find out that it wouldn't. Thinking the battery had run out, I left it to charge overnight. The next day and for a couple of days afterwards I tried a combination of things to try and get the camera to power-up, but nothing worked. Finally, I gave up and called Canon tech support. Tech support told me that I had to send the camera in for repair. I sent the camera in for repair paying $42 out of my own pocket to do so. Hopefully, it will be repaired and come back soon. Another person wrote of a similar problem with this model and I'm beginning to wonder if this model might be prone to such problems.
I'd Buy One May 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've shot for a few hours with this camera and plan to buy one as a backup for documentary work. It's extremely easy to use and the single chip works much better in low light than my high end 3 chip HD camera. There are compression artifacts that show up where there's a lot of motion in the frame, but it's a great deal for the price and there's a lot to be said for traveling with a camera this small. The only problem I've seen with it has been some RF interference with a low-end radio mic.
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