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Canon FS100 Digital Camcorder (45 x Advanced Zoom With 2.7" Widescreen Colour LCD)
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Wrong accesories advertised
(3 out of 5) by S. Rowden on Sep 23, 2008Don'tt get the 208 battery or its charger- they're not for the FS100!
You need the BP-808 battery and the CG-800E charger. I've just realised and have contacted Amazon to get it sorted out.
You need the BP-808 battery and the CG-800E charger. I've just realised and have contacted Amazon to get it sorted out.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
My 5th video camera!
(5 out of 5) by fivish on Jun 12, 2009 (UK)Having started videoing in 1981 with a full size VHS 'portable' Panasonic NV3000 recorder and JVC GX88E video (plumbicon)camera, I can say I have some experience with domestic video! The VHS kit was followed by a Fuji 8mm and then a Canon 8mm. I went digital with a Panasonic Mini DV.
I recently started looking for a fully solid state camcorder. The HDD versions are fragile and have too much storage! I short-listed the Canon FS100 and the Panasonic 26. I bought the Canon as it had the slightly larger CCD! Its a very easy to use video camera. You can change just about every setting manualy, but why bother. The auto settings are perfect nearly all the time.
The only issue is with the video file extension! Why do they use .mod ?
This is not recognised by anything except the video software that is supplied with the camcorder!
In order to play it back on the usual suspects (GOM, VLC, Irfanview etc) you have to rename it to .mpg ! It is after all just mpeg2 (DVD standard).
Complaints about low light performance are generic to devices with such small CCDs. And of course cmos is much worse. The FS100 has a 1/6" CCD.
Finaly, its made in Japan.
Thats much more reasuring than made in China or Korea etc.
I recently started looking for a fully solid state camcorder. The HDD versions are fragile and have too much storage! I short-listed the Canon FS100 and the Panasonic 26. I bought the Canon as it had the slightly larger CCD! Its a very easy to use video camera. You can change just about every setting manualy, but why bother. The auto settings are perfect nearly all the time.
The only issue is with the video file extension! Why do they use .mod ?
This is not recognised by anything except the video software that is supplied with the camcorder!
In order to play it back on the usual suspects (GOM, VLC, Irfanview etc) you have to rename it to .mpg ! It is after all just mpeg2 (DVD standard).
Complaints about low light performance are generic to devices with such small CCDs. And of course cmos is much worse. The FS100 has a 1/6" CCD.
Finaly, its made in Japan.
Thats much more reasuring than made in China or Korea etc.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
What a little smasher
(5 out of 5) by John Wilkinson on Apr 10, 2009 (Leicestershir UK)This is a brilliant piece of kit at a very reasonable price. Used to record meetings and meditations the ability to use an external microphone is a real asset and avoids alot of backgroud sound detracting from the presentation. Such a good buy I bought a second one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Like it
(4 out of 5) by James Mckenzie on May 20, 2009 (London, England)For general amateur use, this is great value. Very small, very light, good image quality. Battery life isn't amazing so am considering getting a spare. The audio input is useful if you want to do some video podcasts, and there's an audio monitor on the screen but you can't listen on headphones. Image stabilisation seems to work well, and the zoom range is great. Recommended for the price.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Canon FS100
(4 out of 5) by M. Wood on Apr 27, 2009 (Wales)The Canon FS100 is an excellent widescreen digital video camera with a great optical zoom and plenty of other good features. It has given excellent service with only one issue. The power supply unit used to recharge the battery went 'bang' after about four months and when I contacted Canon they told me that DESPITE THE WARRANTY, THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT IS NOT COVERED! I was very surprised and disappointed by this news as it does not seem to be made clear by Canon, as far as I could see, that the PSU isn't covered until you try to claim! Amazon however replaced the whole package without any fuss or charge - full marks to Amazon, minus several million to Canon!