Canon VIXIA HG10 (40 GB) HDD Camcorder

Pros: Video and audio quality; size and weight

Cons: Software; battery life

The Bottom Line: A very good camera, somewhat blemished by a weak software bundle. A very good choice if you use a third-party video editing package.

Review: Quick Summary Very high quality video; small, lightweight camera body; nice feature set; good low-light options; funky, piecemeal software bundle. Overall, a very nice camera. What’s in the Box Camera, battery, AC ...

Pros: Great video quality, ease of use, very compact and very competitive price

Cons: poor software support by Canon/Corel (Sony no better), sound quality has too much background hum

Review: As a new HG10 user agree in total with the review by f8ster. Very accurate. I am a Mac Power PC user (Mac Intel users can read .mts format) and was initially frustrated till I found Voltaic - http://mac1080hd.com/ which allows a conversion of the .mts ...