Canon XC10 4K Camcorder

The Canon XC10 4K Ultra HD Camcorder is a top-of-the-line product made to capture everything from personal memories to business presentations.

Featuring a compact, lightweight and versatile design, this professional grade camcorder is a geek's dream. The 4K/Full HD video shooting and 12 Megapixel digital still photography capabilities are currently some of the highest resolutions available on the market today.

The ultra HD camcorder easily satisfies a broad range of still production and video needs. The XC10 4K Camcorder is a great gift for everyone from next-generation advanced amateurs to professional videographers, to filmmakers. It's also a popular choice for news agencies, multimedia journalists, and freelance videographers.

This all-in-one camcorder also appeals to the needs of cross media professionals, allowing capture of 12 Megapixel still images and 8 Megapixel stills extracted from 4K motion video.

The camera incorporates a 10x f/2.8 to 5.6 SLR-style manual zoom lens with auto and manual focus capability. The 4K recording in a compact form factor is made possible by the camera's 1" CMOS sensor that is backed by a DIGIC DV 5 image processor.

With a 4224 x 3164 total resolution, it is able to capture video at up to 3840 x 2160 and 4:3 photos in up to 12-megapixels (4000 x 3000). The 8.9 to 89mm lens yields a 35mm equivalent focal length of 27.3 to 273mm in video mode and 24.1 to 241mm in the 4:3 photo modes.

Video is recorded with H.264 compression and packed in the widely supported MXF wrapper. Bitrates 35 and 50 Mbps are available for 1080i/p recording, and there are 205 and 305 Mbps modes (depending on frame rate) for UltraHD 4K.

The lightweight Canon XC10 4K Camcorder measures 4.9 inches long, 4.8 inches wide, and 4 inches tall and weighs 32.8 ounces.