The Canon Legria HF20
At 340 grams the high definition, Canon Legria HF20 is a very comfortable hold and light enough to be easily carried around with the dimensions keeping the camera small enough to be a tight-squeeze-fit into a jacket pocket.
Along with the 15x zoom lens and 4 mega pixel sensor the Canon Legria HF20 has an accessory shoe, a head phone jack and a microphone input.
Canon has included their DIGIC DV III image process, a feature in a few of the Legria models. This image processor delivers incredible clarity, amazing colour reproduction and better noise reduction. The DIGIC DV III also powers the camcorders ability to snap 3.3 megapixel still images (with metering and drive modes) and use Canon’s Face Detection Technology.
The other controls are found around the LCD. You can reach your ‘most used’ and full menu options via the function button.
Some of the features included in the Canon Legria HF20 are; Face Detection, Video Snapshots, Pre-Record, Instant Auto Focus and a Super Range OIS.
Super Range Optical Image Stabilisation helps to keep the camera steady while shooting without a tripod, as most of the time you will find yourself using the camcorder handheld. In-hand the cameras controls are all nicely laid out for easy finger reach. The photo button and the zoom control are found on a slight rise to sit nicely under your pointy finger.
With 32gigs of Dual Flash Memory there is plenty of space for family holidays, sports day and general outings to be recorded. In the highest quality setting you will have around 4 hours of recording space. In the lowest quality you will have around 12 hours of recording.
The camcorder is compatible with all SD and SDHC memory cards, which are the cards most commonly used in most SLR cameras making them interchangeable and readily available, this also makes sharing your video with friends and family a lot easier.
The Canon Legria HF20 has a very fast start up time allowing you to move from ‘off’ to ‘ready to shoot’ in a matter of moments, making sure you don’t miss what you want to film.
The Legria HF20 has a shutter speed range of 1/8 to 1/2,000 seconds and aperture options from f1.8 to f8. This gives you a lot more control over your depth of field that you would find in most consumer model camcorders.
The HF20 captures sound through the Dolby Digital 2 channel audio system and you can add your own music to the videos with the Music Transfer feature.
There are also some fun video effects that you can play with if you are feeling creative.
Canon’s Cine Mode lets you adjust gamma and colour and films nicely with the 24F progressive modes.
The battery life of the Legria HF20 is around one and a half hours and you are able to purchase a battery that will double of quadruple that if you need something that last longer.
This was a great camcorder to use, comfortable to hold and is packed with great features.
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