If you’re looking for a good starter HD camera and want something with a little more features than something like a Flip Mino HD or Kodak Zi8 than the Canon HF200 might be a good choice for you. It records on SDHC memory cards and records in the MPEG-IV AVC H.264 codec that makes is easy to take the footage into your non-linear editor of choice. Click here to check out the specs. Amazon has it on sale for $200 off until the end of the month.
| Memory capacity | MXP (app. 24 Mbps) |
FXP (app. 17 Mbps) |
XP+ (app. 12 Mbps) |
SP (app. 7 Mbps) |
LP (app. 5 Mbps) |
| 2GB | 10 min. | 15 min. | 20 min. | 35 min. | 45 min. |
| 4GB | 20 min. | 30 min. | 40 min. | 1 hour 10 min. |
1 hour 30 min. |
| 8GB | 40 min. | 1 hour | 1 hour 25 min. |
2 hours 20 min. |
3 hours |
| 16GB | 1 hour 25 min. |
2 hours 5 min. |
2 hours 50 min. |
4 hours 45 min. |
6 hours 5 min. |
| 32GB* | 2 hours 55 min. |
4 hours 10 min. |
5 hours 45 min. |
9 hours 35 min. |
12 hours 15 min. |