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Question: Does this have an AC cord for plugging it into a wall outlet?  (Since the battery life seems brief, this would be important for my use.)
Document: The camera isn't useful unless you have a longer life battery or an extension cord with a very long cable to keep this plugged into your wall socket at all times. The camera life is completely impractical for recording anything other than a very short youtube video.That so far is the biggest complaint I have about the camera because it's as though it's punishing you if you want to use it.
USB Transfer Cable is too short.4.) Power Cord could be just a bit longer for those times when you are plugged into the wall shooting.This is a very good camcorder for you grandparents.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES:1.) Canon BP-727 High Capacity Intelligent Battery Pack2.) Transcend 64 GB SDXC Flash Memory Card TS64GSDXC10EI prefer to use the USB Transfer Cable and the included software to get the video into my computer.
The camera quality is excellent and it is great for making YouTube videos. But on the down side the battery life sucks! The auto focus on high zooming is not great but for my first video camera I think it I pretty good compared to a lot if my friends. I would definitely recommend this to friend. My YouTube videos are receiving a lot more hits since my picture preview is in 1080 get it you won't be disappointed.
Enjoyed using this camera...had it since January and it is still working fine. I love the auto-focus, love knowing that if you move it would re-focus itself without you having to make your own adjustments.I wish the quality of the video once imported and published into my computer would be HD, but sadly it does not. But I still got my worth of use, and would continued to use it. Satisfied customer.
I bought this to record a couple of important events....our other camcorder could record at least 1 hour with its battery, so stupid me assumed that this camcorder was newer and therefore the battery had to be as good....The first event was about 40 minutes long and I ran out of battery life at 20 minutes...what is Canon thinking????? How many events are only 20 minutes?????
A third operation mode is Film where you can select blanck and white, standard, sepia, et cetera.The good points:- Recording quality- Lightweight- Excellent zoom power with good speed- Excellent image stabilisation- Very quite operation- Very good focus response- Very affordable priceThe not so good:- Battery life. (This is solved by adding extra batteries)- Lack of wall charger
Which seems to have a longer battery life but I'll need to buy an extra one to get through the day anyway. Maybe I'll go with a different brand, still undecided.Edit:Fond some links at Canon's webpage that give insight in battery performances. All three possible batteries.(... )This one shows how long it takes to charge them. 7,5 Hours for the BP-727 on the camera!!! 7,5 hours!!(...)
I bought the Canon Vixia HF R300 camcorder and it worked great. I used it to video a wedding outside and the reception inside. I used a tripod and attached the camera to it. I also bought extra batteries just in case I needed extra battery power. Yes, buy extra batteries. I used a 50 foot extension cord for the reception. The camcorder will operate using an electrical outlet, terrifc feature. I never had any problems with the camera or when the lights were low.
Canon Vixia HF R300 Full HD Flash Memory Camcorder with 51x Advanced ZoomI fully charged the battery that came with this camcorder and found that the battery last only 35min if you let it sit without using the zoom, have the camcorder set at the best quality and use the simple light setting on the screen. If you can find another battery you better get another battery since my battery ran out without using the zoom.
I just purchased a Canon Vixia and I have to say even though I read the reviews here first I now understand what the others were talking about but I would like to add in a bit more than wasn't discussed. The Camcorder has a terrible battery life. I recorded maybe a 15 minute long video (actually it was less than that) but the Camera battery was drained. It didn't die on me but it was hinting it needed to be recharged.
Answer: Yes it does have a AC cord and yes the battery life on these is useless. I can do a few small videos and the batt is dead . Would not recommend forts of vacation videos but for short videos around the house it's good quality