Hi Rob-- I've only had the HF100 for a few months, and I'm new to video (I'm a radio journalist by training,) so I'm afraid I won't be able to provide you with a useful evaluation.
The mini jack for the external mike works with my audio technica shotgun and other mikes. I am pleased with the camera. Here's a link to a piece I did with the Canon http://vimeo.com/1770480 "Tibetan Migrant Worker at the Olympics." The 16:9 sound in this video was recorded with the HF100's internal mike. (The atrocious sound accompanying the 4:3 video was done with an old xacti.) The "stabilization" issues are because, at the time I filmed this I didn't yet have a tripod:) The salesman at B&H convinced me this was the best value for money in its class. Jocelyn Beijing ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Schendel To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Sanyo Xacti HD1010 / Canon HF100 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x I am pleased to know that there is someone here who has experience with the Canon Vixia HF100, as it is in my shopping cart, and I am one click away from buying it. Although you may be having difficulty with importing to Adobe Premiere, that wouldn't be an issue for me on my iMac. Would you, or someone else in the group, be kind enough to tell me about their experience with this camcorder? The image stabilization, and external mic jacks, as well as no moving parts, have pretty well sold me on this model. The people I've asked, on Twitter, didn't give me any advise. Thanks for the help! Rob www.twittter.com/robschendel [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
