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   N. Khan
   April 12th, 2010 - 21:20

   I bought this camcorder few weeks back, had it for three days and returned it. The battery drained out after 15/20 min use, plus the still pic quality was poor. Tried it three times with fully charged battery. It didnt have auto power off..or maybe it didnt work either
   Rating: 1 / 5
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   zRö.TöLéRàNçE
   April 13th, 2010 - 00:10

   It’s like your holding a regular camera. It’s unbelievably small and works GREAT!!!
   
   But the size is what gets me – fits in the palm of my hand literally.
   Rating: 5 / 5
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   D. Huisenga
   April 13th, 2010 - 01:21

   Nice overall camera but Canon is now using MOD files which are not recognized by most editing/movie making software. For example Movie Maker does not recognize it. Therefore you must convert the MOD files to MPEG/AVI which takes a great deal of time and an extra step. BTW you need to get your own software to convert it.

   They took the easy out of using an SD card.
   Rating: 2 / 5
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   R Curtis
   April 13th, 2010 - 04:16

   I have read the reviews and the warnings about sound. Some people say the sound is great, others say it’s horrid. Well, I’ve actually returned this camera. Wish I had listened to the warnings.

   Pros – It was easy to setup and use. I really liked the features and that it had a mic jack. Nice and compact.

   Cons – I do have a couple of complaints. The sound quality isn’t that great. You can hear ambient noise in the background all the time like a slight humming noise. Very distracting. It’s like it hears too much! (if that makes sense) It picks up EVERY little sound. I taped something at our church and plugged our mixer into the camera so it could hear Pastor through his mic. That was a nightmare! I would’ve been better of without the mic. I uploaded it to my computer and all I could hear was a HUGE, LOUD buzzing. I couldn’t hear a thing he said. The other thing that is really bad is the still picture feature. I have an LG Rhythm cell phone and it takes better pictures than this camcorder does. The video picture is fine, but for stills – I was really shocked at how poor the quality was. I expected a much better product from Canon.

   I suppose if all you’re doing is taping the children playing loudly, this camera would be okay. If you’re taping recitals, your own mini movie, or if you bought it because it had a still picture option, I’d pass.
   Rating: 3 / 5
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   D. Kampfhenkel
   April 13th, 2010 - 07:09

   After looking over the various models of Canon FS series camcorders, the Canon FS 11 appears to be one of the best. Coming with 16 GB of internal memory, this camera will record up to 10 hours and 25 minutes of video (LP – 3 mbps). By comparing to other top models on the Canon website, this model is arguably the best model that Canon makes.

   Use the link below to do side-by-side comparisons of various Canon camcorders on the official Canon Website.

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   Rating: 4 / 5

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