Introduction

The Vixia HF R21 is Canon's newest entry-level HD camcorder and it's designed as a replacement for last year's HF R11. The camcorder comes with 32GB of internal flash memory, two memory card slots, and a new touchscreen interface on its 3-inch LCD. The camcorder showed us decent performance in our video testing, but it lacked the clarity, sharpness, and extensive set of manual controls you commonly find on higher-end models.

The HF R21 carries an MSRP of $499, but it has two cheaper sibling models. The HF R20 (8GB internal flash memory) is available for $399 and the HF R200 (no internal memory) has a $379 price tag.