Canon just gave birth to 11 camcorders; five high definition models and six standard definition models. Let’s skip the dinner and drinks and get straight to the after-party, shall we?
VIXIA High Definition Lineup
Features:
- Dual Flash Memory: 32GB internal, plus SDHC expansion slot
- 10x HD video lens
- 1/2.6-inch 8.59 Megapixel Full HD CMOS image sensor
- DIGIC DV III image processor
- 1920×1080 full HD recording at 24Mbps
- 2.7-inch LCD
- 24p cinema mode, 30p progressive mode
- HDMI out
- Available in February, price not yet set
Features:
- No onboard memory, just SDHC expansion slot
- 10x HD video lens
- 1/2.6-inch 8.59 Megapixel Full HD CMOS image sensor
- DIGIC DV III image processor
- 1920×1080 full HD recording at 24Mbps
- 2.7-inch LCD
- 24p cinema mode, 30p progressive mode
- HDMI out
- Available in February, price not yet set
Features:
- Dual Flash Memory: 32GB internal, plus SDHC expansion slot
- 15x HD video lens
- 3.89 Megapixel Full HD CMOS image sensor
- DIGIC DV III image processor
- 1920×1080 full HD recording at 24Mbps
- 2.7-inch LCD
- 24p cinema mode, 30p progressive mode
- HDMI out
- Available in February, price not yet set
Features:
- No onboard memory, just SDHC expansion slot
- 15x HD video lens
- 3.89 Megapixel Full HD CMOS image sensor
- DIGIC DV III image processor
- 1920×1080 full HD recording at 24Mbps
- 2.7-inch LCD
- 24p cinema mode, 30p progressive mode
- HDMI out
- Available in February, price not yet set
Features:
- MiniDV format
- 10x HD video lens
- 2.96 Megapixel Full HD CMOS image sensor
- DIGIC DV II image processor
- 2.7-inch LCD
- 24p cinema mode, 30p progressive mode
- HDMI out
- Available in March, price not yet set
Standard Definition Flash Memory Lineup
Features:
- Dual Flash Memory: 32GB internal, plus SDHC expansion slot
- 48x “advanced” zoom
- 1.07 Megapixel CMOS sensor
- DIGIC DV II image processor
- 2.7-inch LCD
- Available this month, price not yet set
Features:
- Dual Flash Memory: 16GB internal, plus SDHC expansion slot
- 48x “advanced” zoom
- 1.07 Megapixel CMOS sensor
- DIGIC DV II image processor
- 2.7-inch LCD
- Available this month, price not yet set
Features:
- No internal memory, just SDHC expansion slot
- 41x “advanced” zoom
- 680,000 Pixel CMOS sensor
- DIGIC DV II image processor
- 2.7-inch LCD
- Available this month in three colors, price not yet set
Standard Definition DVD Lineup
Features:
- DVD-R/-RW/-R DL Format
- 48x “advanced” zoom
- 1.07 megapixel CCD image sensor
- DIGIC DV II chip
- 2.7-inch LCD
- Available this month, price not yet set
Features:
- DVD-R/-RW/-R DL Format
- 41x “advanced” zoom
- 680,000 pixel CCD image sensor
- DIGIC DV II chip
- 2.7-inch LCD
- Available this month, price not yet set
Standard Definition miniDV
Features:
- MiniDV format
- 41x “advanced” zoom
- 680,000 pixel CCD image sensor
- DIGIC DV image processor
- 2.7-inch LCD
- Available in March, price not yet set
[via Canon]