Canon Standard Def Camcorders

Canon Legria FS200

The Canon Legria FS200 is an attractive standard-def camcorder that packs a 37x optical zoom into an extremely compact body. It's simple to operate, films good-quality video and is a solid choice for those shooting movies for sharing on the Web or who just don't want or need HD video

User rating 8.0

Editor's rating 7.6

Canon FS100

At a budget price, the Canon FS100 is small, stylish and provides a reasonably expansive feature set for an SD card-based camcorder. It's a compact and convenient video camera with a hybrid zoom for very long shots

User rating 8.0

Editor's rating 7.4

Canon FS11

At a budget price, the Canon FS11 is small, stylish and provides a reasonably expansive feature set for an SD card-based camcorder. With 16GB of flash memory built in as well, it's a compact and convenient video camera with a hybrid zoom for very long shots

Editor's rating 7.4

Canon FS10

At a budget price, the Canon FS10 is small, stylish and provides a reasonably expansive feature set for an SD card-based camcorder. With 8GB of flash memory built in as well, it's a compact and convenient video camera with a hybrid zoom for very long shots

Editor's rating 7.4

Canon DC50

Most camcorders offer still pictures as an afterthought -- not the Canon DC50. With its useful features, fine video details and a surprisingly robust photo mode, this DVD-based camcorder presents both a very good home-movie recorder and a competent snapshot camera

Editor's rating 7.2

Canon MD160

Canon's MD160 is the top model in the company's MiniDV line this year. It offers a palm-friendly design, a 35x optical zoom and admirable colour reproduction, but it struggles against the competition when it comes to low light

User rating 3.5

Editor's rating 6.8

Canon DC10

Canon's DC10 has an almost identical design to its sibling, the DC20 -- the latter benefits from a higher resolution CCD for stills photography and a night mode. If you're used to MiniDV, you might find the DC10's footage disappointing, but casual users may well find the convenience of straight-to-DVD recording more than compensates

Editor's rating 6.3

Canon DC40

Canon's DC40 cements its place among the best of the DVD camcorders with its broad, useful feature set, zippy shooting performance, attractive design and good video quality. It does suffer from many of the same performance flaws as its competitors, but if your heart is set on recording to DVD, it's well worth a look

Editor's rating 7.7

Canon MV890

The Canon MV890's is not as sparse as its price suggests. The MiniDV camcorder is a surprisingly well-appointed model, which shares impressive core specs -- including a widescreen LCD and plenty of manual controls -- with Canon's more expensive models, the MV930 and its pricier MV960

User rating 8.0

Editor's rating 6.6

Canon MV930

As a general-use holiday camcorder, it's hard to level any real criticism at the Canon MV930. Years of experience and the decreasing costs of components have enabled Canon to deliver a very well-made camcorder for just over £200. If you can resist the magpie allure of the new DVD and hard-disk models, the MV930 is a bargain

User rating 4.3

Editor's rating 7.0

Canon MV960

Canon's MV960 is blessed with a palm-friendly design which includes a widescreen LCD, simplified controls and a 25x zoom -- one of the highest we've seen in an entry-level camcorder. It also delivers the same top-notch colour reproduction as its predecessor, the MV850i

User rating 6.0

Editor's rating 6.8

Canon MV830i

The MV830i offers home and holiday videographers the tools they need to capture decent-quality video. Its amenities include a 20x optical zoom, photo capture and an Easy mode that caters to novices by automating just about everything.

User rating 8.0

Editor's rating 6.0

Canon MV800

User rating 5.5

Editor's rating 6.7

Canon MVX30i

User rating 7.0

Editor's rating 6.8

Canon MVX20i

User rating 9.0

Editor's rating 7.2

Canon MVX250i

Editor's rating 6.4

Canon MV750i

User rating 10.0

Editor's rating 7.0