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Review summary: Does Canon's HF11 HD camcorder better its excellent HF10? James finds out.

Review summary: canon hf11 review: It might not fit every hand, but the results it provides are excellent whether you're a manual fiddler or just want quick and easy automatic filming capabilities.

Pros: 32GB on-board, Variety of available bit rates, Able to fiddle manually, or just shoot automatically, Great picture quality

Cons: Square camera body can be fiddly to pick up, Battery life is a touch short

Verdict: It might not fit every hand, but the results it provides are excellent whether you're a manual fiddler or just want quick and easy automatic filming capabilities.

Pros: Exceptionally sharp image quality, lots of manual features, improved 24Mbps bit rate

Cons: Too similar to previous model, joystick ill-suited to manual control

Verdict: If you already own the HF10, there is next to no reason to make the switch to the HF11. Everyone else, on the other hand, would do well to seek this camcorder out.

Review summary: The Canon Vixia HF11 is a reworking of the impressive HF10, a high definition camcorder released by Canon earlier this year that records in full 1920 x 1080 in the AVCHD format. In most respects the latest in the Vixia line is identical to its ...

Verdict: Like the HF10 before it, the HF11 is reaching out to a variety of users. For beginners, Canon gives you an easy mode that lets the camcorder's automatic adjustments do the heavy lifting. The menus can be a little intimidating, but the clean layout ...

Review summary: The Canon Vixia HF11 is a reworking of the impressive HF10, a high definition camcorder released by Canon earlier this year that records in full 1920 x 1080 in the AVCHD format. In most respects the latest in the Vixia line is identical to its ...

Verdict: The Canon Vixia HF11 did not offer any surprises, even when we were expecting it to. It's still an excellent camcorder, firmly planted in the roots of its predecessor, the Canon HF10. The shiny new feature-a 24Mbps bitrate-did not seem to add much to ...