With multiple best-selling cameras and years of experience and innovation under their belts,
Canon has more than earned their reputation as one of the digital imaging industry’s top dogs.
Canon continues their tradition of excellence with their line of high-definition digital camcorders.
These powerful video cameras combine the optical quality and advanced image-processing
power of Canon’s digital SLRs with compact, great-looking designs and easy-to-use controls.
To start off, Canon loads their HD camcorders with True HD CMOS image sensors. These
sensors are able to reproduce images at a rockin’ 1920 x 1080 resolution. That means improved
color reproduction, crystal clear, noise-free images, and incredible detail on your big-screen
HDTV.
When you’re talking HD, the difference is often in the details, and for the crispest, clearest, most
detailed images, your camcorder’s focus has got to be extra sharp. The revolutionary Instant AF
focusing system used by Canon’s HD camcorders provides a huge improvement in auto focus
speed and accuracy when compared to traditional auto focus systems. With Instant AF, focus is
automatic and instantaneous. This will increase your ability to accurately focus in both high-brightness and low-light shooting situations, and will also help you capture fast moving subjects.
In other words, a Canon digital camcorder’s got you covered whether you’re recording skate
tricks, or traipsing through the forest after that first legitimate video of Bigfoot (what more can you
ask for?)!
Canon’s HD camcorders also sport outstanding high-definition video lenses that take advantage
of powerful optical zoom features and Genuine Canon Optics — the same high-quality lens
systems used in the company’s digital still cameras. To make sure you get the most out of these
incredible lens systems, Canon has added pre-set zoom speeds to several of their HD
camcorders. Simply select one of three pre-set zooms for smooth, steady and professional
looking shots.
Unfortunately, the more you zoom into a shot, the more your natural hand and camera
movements are magnified as well. This movement can mean the difference between a perfectly
captured, million-dollar shot of Bigfoot, and a fuzzy, unconvincing blur. Canon’s SuperRange OIS
corrects for a wide range of camcorder motion. So, no matter what you’re recording, or how
you’re recording it, the HV20’s stabilization design corrects camcorder shake instantly and also
helps to deliver clear and steady images even when shooting at long focal lengths. Who really
wants to get that close to Bigfoot anyways?
