Canon VIXIA HF M31 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder 2010

Canon VIXIA HF M31 records in HD and has a 32 GB built in memory. The only difference from the M30 is that it only has 8 GB of memory. The manual is quite easy to operate at a glance.

The touch screen menu, a suggestion to use a stylus make experience much better. It works like a charm and the touch menu is one of highlights of the camcorder. Canon should have thrown one in the box.

Overall, the M31 is excellent. The video footage taken thus far is awesome. There are five different recording modes. The length of storage and battery life depends on which one you use.

The software (Pixela, ImageMixer 3) that comes with the camcorder is rather simple to operate. The software offers the MPEG2 or WMV formats to save your footage.

You will love the YouTube upload feature that comes with ImageMixer.

You able to select the clips you want to upload to YouTube and the software takes you to the YouTube login screen, then converts the footage to WMV and uploads on the spot, Really nice.

The camera is so small, it is easy to handle especially when using the zoom feature.