The perfect compromise

Wanting to start a PRO camera, I had to think otherwise because of the price and footprint. I came across this Canon Legria HF G25, which seemed to me perfect.
And I'm not mistaken. Suitable for both amateurs (experts) that professionals, with smaller dimensions (so convenient) that a pro camera and larger than the amateur models (clearer navigation and simple), a reasonable weight (about 600 grams) This is definitely the camera I needed!
The number of options is impressive and you necessarily get what you want with such an object: low to high depth of field, wide angle zoom (even macro), multitude of colors, aperture, shutter speed, exposure, focus, various image stabilizer, effects, or external microphone choice ... everything is manually adjustable! It is a real pleasure for fans because every plan can be worked and knowing that we tried find the perfect picture (or at least we should), while the time spent is not a problem ...
I could, for example (for practical reasons) make night scenes, yet turned in broad daylight! And when we're filming at night, we can make impressive brightness. Canon is great at that!

The visor is fine (with cache) and performs its function. The three modes AUTO / MANUAL / CINEMA are very easy to access, which is very good because we usually use the MANUAL mode (for passionate connoisseurs), and when we want to film an unexpected, in an emergency (which may happen), Hop, we go into AUTO to let the settings and shoot without worry about it. As for the CINEMA mode, it uses nine configurable filters, all very impressive, but it's risky to make use unless you really ALL defined in advance for a short or feature film project without unexpected (idea which could change the future scenario, change backgrounds ...). Or some can be used occasionally to avoid wasting time editing, such as: Dream, Memorial or Black and White.
We have the presence of a centering line of the grid for the rule of thirds (gray or white), which can be a great time saver for some framing!
Note that the optical zoom stops at 10x (20x I think would have been possible), but it does not matter because we rarely need to go so far away, and anyway, the digital zoom is there.
His failure is against the battery life (almost 2 hours recording when full) and sometimes you return home to recharge the battery when we turn away ... To not be bothered by that, I bought a BP-827 battery, which triples the battery life (6:10 exactly!), with charger sector and cigarette lighter. So I can now recharge the batteries separately and where I want (house or car).
And since I speak of time, the camera has a built-in 32 GB of memory, and after the image quality you desire, you can save roughly between 1:30 ET 4 pm sequences, which is huge! In addition, you can add two memory cards to the side to increase your recording time! The slot B is excellent for copying pictures and convert HD videos to SD for the computer (for example).
Regarding the editing software included, there is the eternal problem of compatibility, that is to say, your videos will be read only by this software. And it's not nearly as elaborate as some others. If you really want to do the installation (like me), you have to go through Studio (for example) with the option codecs MPEG decoder ... and it is not cheap! A professional software should have its place with this camera that price ...

I will not go any further, you have anyway a very long description on this page. Know that I am overwhelmed by this CANON LEGRIA HF G25 that works wonders. Remember that it is reserved for the amateurs or professionals-experts. Thank you to Amazon.