Canon Legria HF R106 reviews: Memory card storage Full HD camcorder

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Canon Legria HF R106 reviews: Memory card storage Full HD camcorder reviews

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9.3 out of 10 based on 8 reviews.

Canon Legria HF R106: Horizontally held, 20x optical zoom camcorder using SDHC card. See full product description

Ease of use	9.2
Image quality	9.1
Features	8.0
Build Quality	9.0
Battery life	7.9
Weight	9.1
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.2

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Andrew, Maidenhead Keen amateur

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Image quality and ease of use. Amazing macro capability.
Amazing value
Bad points:: Low light performance is grainy

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	7.0
Weight	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 28 May 2011

Martin, Motherwell Just point and shoot

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: A case of switching on the camera & pressing record...pretty simple
Bad points:: No HDMI lead provided but apart from that no complaints

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	9.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 01 Mar 2011

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Product Features

Resolution quality	Full HD
Resolution quality can be standard definition (SD), High Defintion (HD) or Full High Definition (HD). SD camcorders will have 480 horizontal lines of resolution whereas HD camcorders can have up to 1080. The more lines of resolution you have, the sharper your video will look. Full HD refers to camcorders that record in 1920 × 1080 resolution.
3D	No

Optical zoom ratio	20
The amount by which the camera optics (lens) can bring the subject closer.
Media format	Memory card
This is the type of storage that your digital camera or camcorder uses to save images to. The main types of card media format: Compact Flash Micro SD MMC (Multi Media Card) SD Card (Secure Digital) SDHC (Secure Disk High Capacity)
Connections	USB

Type of memory card	SDHC

Type of memory card	SD

Shape of camcorder	Horizontally held

Digital zoom ratio	400
Not to be confused with optical zoom, digital zoom enlarges a portion of the image thus simulating optical zoom. In doing so, some image quality is lost.
Type of image stabiliser	Electronic
If a photo is taken at a slow shutter speed, or at a long focal length, the effects of ‘hand shake’ will be amplified. Some cameras come with built-in image stabilisation which is designed to act against this to produce sharper images. It’s great for low light shots without a tripod, like at a gig.
Widescreen recording	Yes
Resolution (Megapixels)	2.39

Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second)	1/2000
This is the fastest speed at which the camera can take a photo. Faster shutter speeds really freeze the action and are great for sports photography.
Weight (g)	270
The weight of the product in grams.
Screen size (Inches)	2.7
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Maximum aperture telephoto	3.6
Maximum aperture wide	1.8

Lowest focal length (Millimetres)	40.2

Highest focal length (Millimetres)	804

Type of chip	CMOS

Release date	2010-02-02
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Legria HF R106, Canon Legria HF-R106

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