SlashGear Digs Canon Prosumer Camcorder
Prosumer HD Camcorder is another great Canon - SlashGear
So you’ve spent all the kids inheritance on that once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world, and you really want to rub the little buggers’ noses in it. A standard consumer camcorder, even one claiming to record in HD, just won’t cut it, Daddio; you want to set your sights a bit higher and check out Canon’s range of prosumer shooters. Still, if the XL H1’s sub (but only just) $10k price-tag makes you sweat so much your toupee slips off, then how about the XH A1 - a relative snip at $4,000. With 800 TVl/ph resolution captured by the same 1/3-inch sensors that its big brother uses, simultaneous HD and SD output and a 20x optical zoom, it’s a heavyweight performer at a bantam price.
Of course, our readers laugh at the $10k price tag and probably will go for the H1.