Canon announces new waterproof and shockproof Canon VIXIA camcorders

Kharan · Jan 7, 2019

This is a great idea, in principle, but the execution just leaves too much to be desired, especially when measured against smaller action cameras. The sensor is minuscule, it doesn't do 4K, the lens only goes out to 40mm wide (I think I speak for many when I say that I'd much prefer a bright 7X optical zoom over this narrow and dark 40X optic, something like a 28-200mm f/1.8-2.8 lens), and differentiating both versions only by their internal memory and LED light is absurd.
An action camcorder could be a great product, because a GoPro or similar device is simply too limiting for many things. The size of the HF W11 seems just right, too, but unfortunately the whole product doesn't cut it for me.

RayValdez360 · Jan 7, 2019

I swear these things come out like every 6 months.

tapanit · Jan 8, 2019

I can't help being both amused and annoyed by "capable of functioning in temperatures as low as 14 degrees Fahrenheit /-10 degrees Celsius". Of course that's probably an ultraconservative estimate (Canon SLRs operate happily at -30°C despite manuals suggesting their limit is 0°C), but still, -10°C is not really cold, even more or less all smartphones work fine at that regardless of what their manufacturers do or don't promise.