Canon Prosumer Cameras Finally Reach 1080P at 60FPS with the XA20, XA25, and HF G30

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With NAB just days away, Canon has announced not one, not two, but three new camcorders to their prosumer line. The XA20 and XA25 are a followup from their 2011 model the XA10, but with an all new image processor. The Canon HF G30 is an update to the G20, and their new flagship consumer camcorder. The cameras share a lot of features in common, so hit the jump to get the rest of the details below.

Here are the differences of the XA20 and XA25 from the XA10:

Canon Digic DV IV processor, 1080p at 60fps (AVCHD up to 35Mbps)

Simultaneous recording of AVCHD and MPEG-4 via dual SD card slots

20x Zoom, 8 blade iris

3.5″ OLED touchscreen

New battery pack, the BP-A28, with charge display

Built-in Wifi with FTP transmission, remote control (via iPhone), direct upload to YouTube

What’s the difference between the XA20 and XA25, you ask? The $2,700 XA25 has an uncompressed HD-SDI output, making it $500 more expensive than the XA20 (at $2,200).

At 1/2.84-inches, the CMOS sensor on the XA20/25 is a tad larger than the 1/3-inch chip inside the XA10. Canon claims it opted for the larger sensor in order to add more flexibility to the …

By: Micah Van Hove

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