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| Price | $1,079 to $1,170 at 3 stores | $244 to $541 at 2 stores | $899 at 1 store | $380 to $602 at 2 stores |
| CNET editors' rating | 4.0 stars Excellent | 3.0 stars Good | 4.0 stars Excellent | 3.5 stars Very good |
| Average user rating | 5.0 stars out of 2 reviews | 4.0 stars out of 9 reviews | 4.0 stars out of 21 reviews | 3.5 stars out of 12 reviews |
| Release date | March 15, 2011 | March 15, 2011 | March 01, 2008 | March 10, 2010 |
| The Bottom Line | While it's got a great shooter feature set and good video quality, the Canon Vixia HF G10 still feels a bit expensive for what it offers. | Typical for their price class, the no-frills Sony Handycam HDR-CX130, CX160, and XR160 produce generally subpar HD video, but if you're not picky you'll probably be fine. The CX130 is the best buy of the three, as long as you go cheap on the memory card. | An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon Vixia HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a couple of performance issues. | Panasonic's quartet of entry-level HD camcorders--the HDC-HS60, TM60, TM55, and SD60--delivers a nice manual feature set and good performance, as well as solid video quality for their class. As long as you don't pay list price, the SD60 is a great value, and if possible, avoid paying the unnecessary price premium for the hard drive in the HS60. | Basic specs |
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| Lens aperture | F/1.8-2.8 | F/1.8-3.4 | F/1.8-3.0 | F/1.8-3.3 |
| Flash type | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Built-in flash | Built-in flash |
| Media type | Flash card | Flash card | Mini DV (HDV) | Flash card |
| Optical zoom | 10 x | 30 x | 10 x | 25 x |
| Optical sensor type | HD CMOS Pro | Exmor R CMOS | CMOS | MOS |
| Video input type | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder |
| Digital zoom | 200 x | 350 x | 200 x | 1500 x |
| Weight | 19.2 oz | 8.8 oz | 1.2 lbs | 9 oz |
| Image stabilizer | Optical (Dynamic SuperRange) | Optical (Steady Shot with Active Mode) | Optical (SuperRange) | Optical (POWER O.I.S.) |
| Manual focus | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic |
| Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications |
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