Canon XF200 High Definition Professional Camcorder

this is canon's XF 200 camcorder it's the successor to the very popular XF 100 and like that camcorder can shoot 1920 by 1080 Full HD onto dual compact flash cards at 50 megabits per second with 4 2 2 color that's generally accepted as broadcast spec though the camcorder only has a single 1/3 inch sensor chip rather than 3 half inch or bigger ones which would be ideal it has a full and we mean full complement of physical buttons on the body which makes access to all the relevant functions really quick and easy with precious little fiddling about with on-screen menus that's a vital time saver when filming events as they happen such as news where you can't control what's going on and don't have time to fiddle about setting things up the camcorder is lightweight and compact easily portable so you can pop it in a bag and travel the world with it and accessories without any problem that make