Canon introducing "dual flash" Vixia HF10, F510, and F511 camcorders

Well looky here. Canon's got some gear for this CES, including the release of a number of new wholly solid state camcorders, dubbed "dual flash" in reference to internal flash memory and SDHC. Stay tuned for specs and release details on the Vixia HF10, F510, and F511.

[bob @ Jan 5th 2008 11:57AM]

do they use avchd?

[LondonConsultant @ Jan 5th 2008 2:42PM]

And what bit rate?... AVCHD's maximum is 24 Mbps, but consumer videocameras still record at only half that rate - imagine having HDV but recording on only half of the tape width.

One day a manufacturer will release a nice small AVCHD videocamera with a high bit rate. And I'll probably buy it.

[silverblackvoid @ Jan 5th 2008 12:13PM]

oh yeah. bring it on baby!

[Dirkus @ Jan 5th 2008 12:32PM]

*facepalm*

Damnit guys, COVER THE SIGNS UP WHEN YOU'RE SETTING UP FOR THE SHOW. Morans.

[Chuckles McGee @ Jan 5th 2008 3:32PM]

God forbid that a company get publicity on a snappy product before the show. That would be such a nightmare.

[Dirkus @ Jan 5th 2008 8:39PM]

Well, the problem is that it steals the thunder from the show. By the time they "officially" announce these, everyone gonna look at them and say "Flash based cameras from Canon? Old news. OOOOH! What did Sony just announce?!"

[apw76006 @ Jan 5th 2008 1:53PM]

I am not quite sold on flash based camcorders just yet but I would not mind having one of these to tinker around with.

[RafaelAustin @ Jan 5th 2008 9:09PM]

I'll pass on AVCHD. It's a headache to edit.

[Ganesh T S @ Jan 5th 2008 9:35PM]

I am not sure this stuff from Canon warrants a huge blowup of an unaesthetic camcorder (looks wise).

Samsung has already introduced a similar 'dual flash' camcorder a couple of months back (and we are all well aware of how fluid the HD camcorder market is with respect to PC editing / viewing):

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SC-HMX10-Definition-Camcorder-compatible/dp/B000MAQSD6

That said, I would still wait for the final specs to come out before commenting further!

[Jeremy Clarkson @ Jan 6th 2008 7:56AM]

when they'll release the 1080p camcorders?