Compare Prices : Canon FS100 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Despite its low price, the Canon FS100 produces a decent picture, provided the lighting conditions are good

Pros: Decent picture quality ; Easy to use ; Low price

Cons: Basic feature set ; Low build quality ; Only standard def

Verdict: Despite its low price, the Canon FS100 produces a decent picture, provided the lighting conditions are good. In less ideal settings, the quality degrades, reinforcing the idea the Canon FS100 is a camcorder that has been built down to hit a very low ...

Review summary: A FLASH-memory-based camcorder with an impressive array of features for the asking price.

Pros: Lots of modes and features to play around with, compact design, external microphone jack

Cons: No inbuilt memory, no headphone jack

Verdict: The FS100 is a flash-memory-based camcorder with an impressive array of features for the asking price. While it may not excel in any one area, it offers solid performance across the board.

Pros: Compact, attractive design; mic input

Cons: No optical image stabilization; ineffective wind filter; no headphone jack; modest video quality

Verdict: Convenient, well-designed camcorders that look pricier than they are, models in the Canon FS series--FS11, FS10, and FS100--nevertheless deliver typical budget video in line with their budget price tags.

Pros: Lots of modes and features to play around with, compact design, external microphone jack

Cons: No inbuilt memory, no headphone jack

Verdict: The FS100 is a flash-memory-based camcorder with an impressive array of features for the asking price. While it may not excel in any one area, it offers solid performance across the board.

Review summary: High definition video is hogging the limelight but standard definition isn't bowing out just yet. So, are the low-light images produced by Canon's solid state FS100 letting the side down? Time to investigate.

Verdict: There's much to commend the FS100 - not least its typical retail price here in the UK. If you're new to this whole camcorder thing and you're a bit bewildered by the choice yet you like the idea of recording to, and playing back from, a memory card ...