In the new camcorders that Canon displayed here at CES, it seems the company has focused on trying to help customers end up with better videos–improve the real-world finished product rather than improve the stats of the camcorders (though they’re doing that, too, of course).
This is probably most clearly visible in a new feature called video snapshot. When in video snapshot mode, pressing the record button starts an automatically timed four-second recording. A highlight circulates around a blue frame on the screen to show the user where they are in the recording; when the highlight moves from 12 o’clock back to 12, four seconds have elapsed and the clip stops.
That’s it. But Canon hopes this seemingly simple function will significantly improve the videos that its customers produce.
