JDMbyBlood

I know its not a Camera, but thought you guys can help me out. I really enjoy my Canon 50d (Still learning how to use it.) so I thought I'd stick with Canon when looking for a camcorder. Here are the 4 HD camcorders that Canon has to offer.
Canon HF20
Canon HF21
Canon HFs10
Canon HF200
Not really sure what I should be looking at when it comes to camcorders. Like everybody else, looking for the best bang for the buck. I don't mind paying a little more if getting a feature that's worth getting. If you don't mind and you have a few mins, can you take a look at the spec sheet and give me a suggestion. Below is a link to the 4 camcorders.
Thanks....
Canon : High-Definition - BestBuy

alias

Is this just to shoot random stuff if it is than the cheapest one would work. If your thinking of doing independent films I would go with the hfs10 or hfs100.

AHHthatsJDMyo

look for whats in your price range, which one is capable of doing what you want to do with it, and read some reviews.

research is your friend

Enz01

Its all HDV, none are True HD.

JDMbyBlood

I've been doing some research and all seem to get the same review. (Good.) I guess it will come down to price and features. I do a lot of traveling and wanted one that would give me the best picture. I was hoping that maybe one of you had one and could share your experience. I'll go by Best Buy today and take a look and see what they have to say. More people buy the HF20 than the others. (a lot more reviews for the HF20 model.) Thanks for the replies.....

AHHthatsJDMyo

best buys goinbg to tell you that the most expensive one is the best one. haha

modz365

The HF s100 is $800.00 on amazon, I prefer the HFS series they have been that price for the last year... The HF200 is $543.00. The major difference seem to be in the CMOS sensor fro that I would go with an HFS...

HoosierDaddy

Actually all of Canon's consumer level HD camcorders shoot in AVCHD, not HDV like the XH/XL models. I found that out the other day when looking at the specs of them all

It's not an option you put up, but I recently bought the HG21 about a month ago. I have yet to figure out how to edit the videos themselves correctly and render them to keep the HD at the highest level. It's definitely a PITA trying to figure these things out and it takes time. But my HG21 so far has very good quality, especially at night. Best part about that particular model is that it has a built in 120GB HDD. I think it allows for 45hrs of video and 12hrs of HD video in the highest quality (MXP).

alias

If it's for traveling just get the HF20 plus it will save you money over the HFS10. All the camera's you mentioned are HD so don't worry about that. Figure the one you can afford and go for it. The movie Crank 2 was shot on a bunch of HF11 canon's and the HF20 is the replacement so that would be fine.