- 24Mbps offers the highest bit rate in AVCHD for High Definition video – enabling improved color reproduction and tonality
- Record Up to 12 hours 15 minutes of High Definition Video on an internal 32 GB Flash drive
- Includes a genuine Canon 12x High Definition video lens
- Comes with a 3.3 megapixel full HD CMOS sensor (1920 x 1080) and a DIGIC DV II image processor
- Features Canon’s SuperRange pptical image stabilizer
Product Description
Adding to the success of the VIXIA HF10 and HF100, Canon introduces the HF11 which captures stunning High Definition video with even greater detail and tonal reproduction, with its innovative 24Mbps capability, and a higher internal Flash drive capacity of 32GB plus an SDHC card slot that allows extended recording time. And, like all Canon VIXIA camcorders, the HF11 features: a Canon HD video lens, FULL HD CMOS Sensor, and Canons exclusive DIGIC DV II image processo… More >>
Canon VIXIA HF11 AVCHD 32 GB Flash Memory Camcorder w/12x Optical Zoom
5 Comments
Overall, this is an excellent 5 star camera. I bought it with the intent of recording in-car HD video at track events. Unfortunately, the OIS on this and other HD canon cameras interfere with the stability. After careful research on various forums, I found that any camera with optical image stabalization will have this problem. (please note that it is not a “you need to turn on/off image stabilization” problem) I am still searching for an HD in-car camera, but in the meantime, I’m using the Canon SD750 (Canon PowerShot SD750)–one of the latest non-OIS PowerShot cameras that record up to an hour of video. (grab one while you can-Cannon just depricated the 750.)
Rating: 4 / 5
This product was great on our family vacation. It was easy to use, accessible, and every family member was able to use it.
Rating: 5 / 5
First try: I shot video with removable memory card, the video was stunning sharp and beautiful.
Later:I found out that the big built in memory card is not that great; I prefer to pull out the card to watch video with PS3 right away after record the video. With buil in memory I have to burn it to the disk and it takes forever. It takes a long time to transfer the file from camcorder to PC. When you connect USB cable between the PC and the camcorder there is message telling you that you can not turn off the camcorder when it’s connected with PC. When you finish the down load, the message still stay on. What should I do??? I don’t know, I just turn off the PC the disconect the cable. I could not see any intruction in the manual.
Video quality in bright sunny day is the same with my brother panasonic SD9 or my father canon HF10. In low light (night time) quality are almost the same.
Audio: Panasonic offers 5.1, canon offer stereo only.
Include Software is unusual set up; it does not use the common sense like Ulead video, Pinacle etc. you have to play around to find the way to burn or edit the video.
For the value I got the HF100 when my brother asked me to get him one AVCHD camcorder.
3/9/09 Software problem:
the included software Image mixer ver 3.3 doesnot read the files created by Canon HF10 or HF100, the software include with HF10 does not read the files created by HF11. I had to install both version in my computer to transfer the files to my PC. I tried to transfer the file from HF 10 by using HF 11 it did not work neither. I have to use Ulead video 11 plus to edit these files from the Canon camcorders that my dad, my brother and I have.
After I edited the files, created into 6 segments and burn it back to DVD under AVCHD, my PC took 23 hours to burn it in the DVD (Window XP, 2.8GHz, 2G memory, 500 G hard drive). If some one plan to buy the HF11 because of the big built in flash memory, one should consider how does one edit those files. May be when the price of blueray disk goes down, then I might be able to pay for those disk, but in the second thought, my home video (20-30min) fit perfect on DVD with AVCHD quality, why should I pay extra for blueray disk.
Rating: 3 / 5
So I did a lot of research on which camera to buy and yes the HF-10 would have been cheaper and more economical, but sometimes one always goes for the newest.
I got a price that was about $400 less than what I thought I was going to pay and man I am excited. The Sony Hard Drive cameras were attractive as their menu system is still the best, but proprietary features made it less attractive for use with an iMac. The JVC and Panasonic camcorders in the same price range had some better features and some that were not as good but their prices were very attractive, I ended up with the canon simply because I like the brand i suppose.
I transferred my first video using the 24p cinema mode to my iMac 24″ and struggled with it at first. The weird thing was that the photos did transfer over but the video would not. Then I realized you need to have the camera plugged into the outlet using the AC adapter in order to have the transfer occur. I am not excited about this requirement, I mean if I have the battery power available why can I not do it. I can imagine that if I did not have the power though would the video breakdown or corrupt itself somehow. It is a minor issue simply because I plan on doing 95% of my video transfer at my main computer at home, but if you need to travel and transfer video DO NO forget your AC Adapter.
You do have the option to transfer your video to the SDHC card and then transfer video that way, but i am not sure if this is possible with only battery power.
Visually I have been impressed with 24p cinema mode. It is like we are filming a low budget documentary with a hand held device. The light feature for night shots has also been useful and works well.
The camera is OK. It is nice to have and also great to have the wide aspect, but it does not replace a 10 MP point and click device. It is just convenient at this point.
I know there is more I could say but I want to spend more time filming and less time writing.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this video camera to take on my trips and needed something both small, but with great image resolution. The Canon Vixia HF11 fits the bill. The controls are very easy to use and the interface is almost idiot proof. I use a Macbook Pro and with iMovie and the camera plugged in I have had no problems. The video is crisp and clear on every quality setting and the sound is very decent. The best thing is the size. It’s light and easy to throw in a bag. I plan on using it for my food blog [...] Please check my site soon for actual, live footage.
Rating: 5 / 5