As Macworld Lab has detailed in our reports on camcorder testing , we’ve encountered compatibility problems with a number of tapeless camcorders. Canon’s Vixia HF10, a high-definition camcorder that uses a 16GB internal flash drive and an SD card for storage, is one of the few tapeless camcorder that we’ve found that works seamlessly with the Mac. In our testing, the HF10 shot impressive, brilliant video, up to par with its similar MiniDV counterpart, Canon’s Vixia ... Read more

Canon Vixia HF10

I really liked using the HF10, once getting the hang of the menu system. Focusing was fast and crisp, ergonomics are terrific and it did an excellent job handling scenes taken outdoors. Unfortunately, like the JVC, it made wind sound like the exhaust of a jet engine, even with the noise reduction engaged. And this camcorder wasn’t as good in available light as the JVC, a recent Editor’s Choice pick. Good, not great is the bottom line for this one. • Takes beautiful ... Read more

Canon Vixia HF10

The Canon Vixia HF10 Dual Flash Memory camcorder offers the flexibility of recording up to 6 hours of High-Definition video to a 16GB internal Flash drive, as well as the option of recording to an SDHC memory card. It features a newly designed genuine canon 12x HD video lens, a robust canon 3.3 megapixel full HD CMOS image sensor, and full HD lens-to-screen (1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution to capture, record and output). Read more

The Canon HF10 is a great camcorder, and certainly the first to achieve greatness in the AVCHD class. If you have the computer power to handle the files and you’re ready to step up to HD, this is a very strong contender. Read more

The Canon HF10 may be the AVCHD camcorder we’ve been waiting for. The first generation of AVCHD camcorder from Sony and Panasonic were just plain no good – lots of features but short on performance. Then Canon came along shortly after with the HR10 ( Read more