Canon Legria HF S100 review

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What is it: High-definition camcorder that records to SD cards

What we think: Let down by its lack of an electronic viewfinder, but a great camcorder nevertheless

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	Canon Legria HF S100	JVC Everio GZ-MC500	Sony Handycam HDR-SR8	Canon XH A1
Review date	31 Mar 09	22 Jul 05	3 Jul 07	7 Jun 07
Editor's rating	8.0	9.3	9.2	8.9
Price range	£1,050
Review summary	The Canon Legria HF S100 is an excellent SD card-based, prosumer, high-definition camcorder. The lack of an eye-level viewfinder may put some off though, but you might find it a better buy than its almost identical -- but more expensive -- sibling, the S10 Read full review	Not only does it look like a professional camcorder, but the MC500's performance matches its appearance. Instead of the more common single CCD, the MC500 uses three separate CCDs to capture a far better clarity of colour. The biggest benefit of the MC500, however, is the size of the thing -- it's tiny Read full review	The Sony HDR-SR8 and HDR-SR7, which has a smaller 60GB hard drive, are the Rolls Royce of movie cameras -- feeling like a million dollars, shooting like they're heading for Hollywood and handling like a dream. Tech-heads will need to look elsewhere, but everyone else will luxuriate in the effortlessly impressive high-definition movies – and probably struggle to fill that large hard drive Read full review	Canon's XH A1 is an excellent camcorder for entry-level professionals and independent filmmakers, with hard-to-beat prices for what it offers Read full review
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