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Expert reviews (12) |
| Based on 12 expert reviews, the average rating for Canon HV30 is 4.3/5. Expert Reviews for Camcorders are gathered from magazines and web sites around the world. Read summaries of the English reviews below. |
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Title: Review summary of Canon HV30(13/10/08)Summary: Read the full review Verdict: Experts rate this product 87/100 and users 79/100. Comparing these reviews to 58129 other Camcorders reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 96/100 = Excellent. Country:
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Title: Canon HV30(06/10/08)Summary: 2 experts have reviewed the Canon HV30, giving it an average score of 85 out of 100... Read the full review Country:
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85.0 / 100.0 |
| Testwinner US |
Title: Canon HV30(06/10/08)Summary: 2 experts have reviewed the Canon HV30, giving it an average score of 85 out of 100... Read the full review Country:
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85.0 / 100.0 |
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Title: Canon HV30(06/08/08)Summary: 21 experts have reviewed this product and the average expert score is 85 of 100. Read the full review Country:
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85.0 / 100.0 |
| Stuff.tv |
Title: Canon HV30(17/06/08)Summary: Mini DV tape isn't dead yet and this Canon is here to prove it. But is it just a rehash of last year's model?... Read the full review Verdict: Not much to tempt you over last year's HV20 but Canon still rules the roost when it comes to raw picture quality Country:
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5.0 / 5.0 |
| TrustedReviews |
Title: Canon HV30(14/06/08)Summary: Read the full review Verdict: Canon's tape-based HV20 was one of the best HDV camcorders around, so does its successor, the HV30, take things further? Country:
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9.0 / 10.0 |
| Laptop Magazine |
Title: Canon Vixia HV30(28/03/08)Summary: Read the full review Cons: ; Noise and focus difficulty in low light No significant software bundle Country:
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4.0 / 5.0 |
| CNET.com |
Title: Canon Vixia HV30(25/02/08)Summary: Read the full review Verdict: An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon Vixia HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a couple of performance issues. Pros: ; Generally excellent video quality; solid feature set for its class; well designed Cons: ; Tape housing feels a bit flimsy; fixed eye-level viewfinder needs a better eye cup; manual focus dial a bit loose Country:
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8.0 / 10.0 |
| Camcorderinfo.com |
Title: Canon HV30 Camcorder Review(28/01/08)Summary: The Canon HV30 ($999 MSRP) is the replacement model for the much celebrated HV20, winner of our 2007 Camcorder of the Year award, along with three other awards. Canon has decided not to mess with a winning formula too much. The small list of upgrades includes a 30fps frame mode (in addition to 24p and 60i), an better zoom toggle, an... Read the full review Country:
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| PC Advisor |
Title: Canon Vixia HV30 reviewSummary: Read the full review Country:
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4.0 / 5.0 |
| CNET.co.uk |
Title: Canon HV30 reviewSummary: : A well-designed prosumer camcorder with a useful feature set... Read the full review Verdict: An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a couple of performance issues Pros: ; Generally excellent video quality; solid feature set for its class; well designed Cons: ; Tape housing feels flimsy; fixed eye-level viewfinder needs a better eye cup; manual focus dial loose Country:
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8.0 / 10.0 |
| SimplyDV.co.uk |
Title: Canon HV30 HDV/MiniDV CamcorderSummary: All in all, the HV30 is a very good camcorder indeed and every bit as good as the model it replaces. It is, of course, very odd that a company like Canon should seek to replace one year's model with another whose specification and even form-factor is apparently identical to that it replaces, especially since the only change seems to be... Read the full review Country:
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| Techradar |
Title: Canon HV30Summary: We preferred the picture quality from this HV30 (MiniDV tape) compared to the Sony HDR-S11 (hard drive) camcorder we reviewed last month. Both are similarly priced, and offer a similar range of features. Both can import footage straight into iMovie. The key difference is the formats. MiniDV is a cassette tape format that records using... Read the full review Pros: ; >Superb stills and video> Tried and tested format> Better image quality than HDD models> Faster import than HDD models Cons: ; >Cumbersome to use> Last year's HV20 is essentially identical Country:
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4.5 / 5.0 |
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