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Canon HV20 Camcorder
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Canon HV30 Camcorder
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7 editorial reviews
The Canon HV20 offers an affordable introduction to high-definition video. While not particularly outstanding, it performs solidly in every area and will satisfy the majority of users.Read more
Canon’s second HD camcorder sticks with the old-school DV tape but brings film-like 24P movie shooting to the massesRead more
An attractive high-definition camcorder for family video shooters who also want to produce snapshot photos.Canon is targeting video shooters who own High Definition TV sets with its new HV20 camcorder, which will also appeal to many digital photographers. This compact camcorder shares many of the features of the DC51 model we reviewed in Issue 32 and even has the same sized sensor. However, on the HV20, CMOS technology is used for HD recording at 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and still images are captured at 3.1-megapixel resolution.Read more
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Sensor

Sensor typeCMOSCMOSCMOSCCD
Optical sensor size1.0 in1.0 in1.0 in1.0 in
Effective megapixels1550000.0 Mpx2.07 Mpx
N/A
N/A
Total megapixels2.96 Mpx2.96 Mpx1.5 Mpx
N/A
Optical sensor resolution
N/A
1920.0 px
N/A
800000.0 px

Image

Maximum image resolution2048 x 1536 px
N/A
N/A
N/A
White balance modes
  • Shade
  • Auto
  • Daylight
  • Tungsten
  • Fluorescent H
  • Cloudy
  • Fluorescent
  • Shade
  • Auto
  • Daylight
  • Tungsten
  • Cloudy
  • Fluorescent
  • Manual
  • Auto
N/A
Image stabilizeryesyesyesyes
Indoor white balance
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Outdoor white balance
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Optics and focus

Optical zoom10.0 x10.0 x40.0 x32.0 x
Digital zoom200.0 x200.0 x200.0 x1000.0 x
Focal length equiv43.6 - 43643.6 - 43642 - 168036 - 1152
Focal length range (f-f) (Lens system)6.1 - 616.1 - 612.9 - 1162.3 - 73.6
Focus adjustmentAuto/ManualAuto/ManualAuto/Manual
N/A
Auto focusyesyes
N/A
yes
Manual focusyesyesyesyes
Filter size1.69 in1.69 in
N/A
1.46 in
Normal focus range
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
Macro focus range
N/A
0.1
N/A
N/A

Screen and viewfinder

Built-in displayyesyes
N/A
N/A
DisplayLCDLCDLCDLCD
Display diagonal2.7 in2.7 in2.7 in2.7 in
Viewfinder typeElectronicElectronic
N/A
N/A
Viewfinder screen size0.27 in0.27 in
N/A
0.33 in

Audio features

Built-in microphoneyesyesyesyes
Audio system
N/A
N/A
Dolby Digital 2.0
N/A
Wind filter
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Noise reduction
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Design

Colour of productSilverBlackSilverSilver

Dimensions

Height3.15 in3.23 in2.17 in2.86 in
Width3.46 in3.46 in1.99 in3.09 in
Depth5.43 in5.43 in4.35 in5.35 in
Weight18.87 oz18.87 oz7.58 oz15.87 oz