A great little video camera to drag with you anywhere and super easy to use.
I was skeptical of this little bugger when I first saw it, but my brother-in-law had one and once I played around with it I realized it was the perfect video camera for a trip or when you want something no fuss, no muss. I picked up a R600 for $179, but you can get a current day model for $250 or so if you shop around. If you are willing to go used from Amazon, you can definitely pick up a deal.
The camera has some slightly similar features to a full sized DSLR, in that you can pick focus point on the touch screen and it does automatic face detection. It doesn’t do so great in low light, and a room with heavy back-light will blow out your shot faster than you can saw “white balls of fire”, but if you are mindful of these things in the moment, it;s easy to work around them.
The microphone is on the tinny side, no huge shock there, but I double stick taped a nice shotgun mic to the top and plugged it in to get the quality of audio I need. The downside to that plan is the door does not fully shut, but that’s no huge deal to me.
This is a great little camera and perfect for young vloggers starting out or people who want an incredibly simple video camera to point at things when doing other things.
Canon VIXIA HF R800 Camcorder (Black)
- 57x (32.5-1853Mm) advanced zoom and Super range OIS.
- Canon 3.28 Megapixel full HD CMOS image sensor.
- Digic DV 4 image processor.
- Minimum Focusing Distance-All other modes: 10mm (WIDE end), 1m across entire zooming range (from edge of lens).
- 57x (32.5-1853Mm) advanced zoom and Super range OIS.
- Canon 3.28 Megapixel full HD CMOS image sensor.
- Digic DV 4 image processor.
- Minimum Focusing Distance-All other modes: 10mm (WIDE end), 1m across entire zooming range (from edge of lens).
- However, approx. 50cm at tele macro setting established at this time (automatic movement to TELE end)
Canon VIXIA HF R800 Camcorder (White)
- 57x (32.5-1853Mm) advanced zoom and Super range OIS.
- Canon 3.28 Megapixel full HD CMOS image sensor.
- Digic DV 4 image processor.
- 57x (32.5-1853Mm) advanced zoom and Super range OIS.
- Canon 3.28 Megapixel full HD CMOS image sensor.
- Digic DV 4 image processor.
- All prices mentioned above are in United States dollar.
- This product is available in eBay, Amazon.com.
- At ebay.com you can purchase Canon VIXIA HF R800 HD 3.28MP 1080p Camcorder - Black for only $189.99
- The lowest price of VIXIA HF R800 Camcorder w/ 57x Advanced Zoom 3.28MP - Black was obtained on May 18, 2018 9:17 pm.
