Canon FS200 First Impressions Camcorder Review

by David Kender
Published on Jan 10, 2009 4:55 PM

 
Intro Audio
Compression & Media Manual Controls
Still Features Handling & Use
Playback & Connectivity
 Other Features
Conclusion Photo Gallery
Specs and Ratings



Playback
The Canon FS200 offers a clear, easy to use playback system. When you switch to playback mode, via the lower-right button on the LCD panel, the screen fills with thumbnails of your clips. Simply push in on the joystick to start playback of any of those clips. We definitely appreciate the hard, plastic playback buttons that run along the bottom of the LCD. It eliminates the random joystick guesswork when you play back videos on a Panasonic camcorder.

Connectivity
The ports on the Canon FS200 are pretty good, considering the expected price range. All the FS series camcorders have a mini microphone jack and a shared headphone/AV-out jack, definitely a premium compared to the competition.


  Canon FS200
AV (Composite) Yes, out
HDMI No
Component No
USB Yes
Microphone Input (1/8") Yes
Headphones Yes, shared with AV-out
Accessory Shoe No
FireWire No
S-Video No
LANC (Wired Remote) No
Card Slot Yes
DC Power Yes

The DC power jack The USB, mini microphone,
and shared headphone/AV
 
The SD/SDHC card slot
shares space with the battery		  





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