Canon Legria HF-S10

usability, image quality, portability, design, color

viewfinder

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

image quality, portability, usability, zoom, durability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

100% der Kundenmeinungen auf Amazon.de bewerten dieses Produkt positiv.

60% des avis sur Amazon.fr donnent une note favorable à ce produit.

Excellent Full HD video quality, huge array of manual features, quick and responsive control dial

Too expensive for most consumers

The Canon Legria HF S10 is one of those rare camcorders that will please all types of user. It combines beginner-friendly features with in-depth manual controls and produces unmatched video quality to boot. Unfortunately, it's also prohibitively...

We're still only in March and 2009 is already turning out to be a bumper year for camcorders - credit crunch be damned. Canon knew it had to pull out all the stops with the successor to last year's HF10 and HF11, and in terms of features and quality it...

Best-in-class video quality ; Deep and advanced manual controls

Expensive ; Mediocre battery life

The HF S10 offers sharp and vibrant video and stills, and its truly robust manual controls make it a great choice for dedicated users.

Improved audio quality. Big, bright lens. Speedy processor. Lots of creative control options. More intuitive menus than previous generation Canon camcorders

Loose lens cover noisier than cutlery caught in a garbage disposal. Still images cam come off looking a bit overexposed

The great overall image quality, deep manual controls, and decent ease of use make the Canon Vixia HF S10 an excellent choice for both advanced and casual videographers.

However, the Canon Legria HF S10 wins out when it comes to manual controls and features. Both models produce excellent picture quality, with Canon’s superior optics providing a slight edge. Unless you specifically require lots of inbuilt storage, we’d...

Excellent video quality and performance; nicely designed interface; fast battery charging.

No eye-level viewfinder; expensive; lens cover rattles when closed.

An excellent flash-based prosumer HD camcorder, you may nevertheless pass on the Canon Vixia HF S10 because it lacks an eye-level viewfinder. And the identical--but cheaper, because it has no built-in memory--Vixia HF S100 may also be a better buy.

Class-leading movies and the flexibility to shoot exactly how you want make this a real hero camcorder

Outlook We're looking forward to getting our hands on HFS10, but it's going to be a long wait until mid-March when it goes on sale in Australia. Pricing has yet to be confirmed.