Canon VIXIA HF11 model name turns up, imaginations run wild

Believe it or not, HF11 actually wasn't one of the many units Canon introduced at CES, but curiously enough, that moniker is showing up on the outfit's own website. When taking a peek at the Drivers & Downloads section for the DC320 DVD camcorder, you'll find a link for a PDF brochure of the VIXIA family that supposedly includes the HF11. Upon opening said file, however, you'll discover nary a mention of the mysterious item. A new model waiting just around the bend? A simple typo? A devilish trick played by the suits at Canon? The world may never know.

[Thanks, Dan]

[gabe @ Apr 24th 2008 8:19PM]

i'm scared

[Aguiluz @ Apr 24th 2008 8:31PM]

Of what? Getting shot by a cannon?

[BobTurbo @ Apr 24th 2008 9:25PM]

Of God hopefully. Amen.

[Mog @ Apr 25th 2008 3:18AM]

With Canon's numbering system for flash camcorders, it's probably just an HF10 with more capacity.

Take their standard definition flash camcorders as an example. The FS100, FS10, and FS11 are all basically the same camcorder - just with varying degrees of storage. The FS100 has no internal storage, only a card slot. The FS10 has 8GB and the FS11 has 16GB.

The high definition flash camcorders follow the exact same pattern. The HF100 has no storage built-in. The HF10 is the same camcorder with 16GB of storage built-in. Thus, the HF11 will, in all likelihood, be the same as the HF10, just with more capacity (32GB?).

This is good, because HD video eats up that 16GB pretty quickly. And, considering how profitable the FS10, FS11, and HF10 are for Canon ($100 extra for 8GB of memory?!), an HF11 is hardly surprising.

[FrostByte @ Apr 30th 2008 7:40PM]

I came across this post and being the Canon fan that I am, I had to look into it. I work for Ritz Camera and we actually contacted with this question.

Is there an HF11?
"No there is not. The hi def line of flash memory camcorders consists of the HF10 and HF100. The standard def line of flash memory camcorders consists of the FS10, FS11, and FS100."

This was our response from one of our Canon contacts.
:)