120GB Hard Disk Drive
The VIXIA HG21 captures 1920 x 1080 High Definition resolution video directly to a large capacity 120GB Hard Disk Drive. Hard Disk Drive recording is an especially convenient format if you plan to transfer your video to a computer for viewin…
Remarkable and at a great price
Pros: Great Features, Comfortable to Operate, Versatile, Great Picture Quality, Durable, Simple Controls, Great Sound
Cons: In Motion Distortion
Best Uses: Movies/Short Films, Documentaries, Travel, Home Movies, HD Shooting
Describe Yourself: Video Enthusiast
For the money the most discerning video enthusiast will love this camera. I was very pleased with the pricing and all the accessories I was able to get at below the original cost of the camera. Cannon makes a fine quality product.
I was caught in a near tornado and just happened to have my handy HG21. Luckily I was able to take cover under a bridge, but as I was scrambling I wanted to video the golf ball size hail and severe lightning. There were strikes within feet of me every couple of minutes and lightning flashing all around me at 20-30 a minute. Yeah it was crazy and I was fearful that I was actually going to die.
I had the camera on and wasn’t really looking at the LCD screen just running and shooting. As you figured out, otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this, I survived. When I got to take a look at my videos the next day, hoping to send them to the weather channel they were all very blurry. To say the least I was disappointed!
After experimenting a bit you have to pan pretty slow and steady to really get a great shot. When you do actually get the shot the picture is incredible. Personally I would have thought it would have better control on movement, but maybe I need to study the manual a bit more.
I do a lot of interviews and it really captures brilliant videos in HD otherwise. I’ve even caught fast moving objects such as cars and lightning itself. Again it just doesn’t capture very well when the actual camera is moving.
If you are not looking to put yourself into a situation where you might have to run with the camera, its well worth every penny and OneCall is the best for value.
The LCD blurs and becomes very grainy when batteries are drained, but this is good as the video quality stays perfect. I’d rather the LCD look bad than the video any day.
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