Canon's new flagship HD camcorder for 2009 is HF S100 along with its sister model HFS10. This camcorder is known to represent the upgraded version of the 2008- camcorder of the year – the Cannon HF11. Cannon has packed quite few interesting features in designing this upgrade, including a sizable 8.59-megapixel sensor, plenty of new controls, and a much larger lens than the previous models. With Panasonic (HDC-TM300), and Sony (HDR-XR520V), making significant strides in performance this year it has become difficult to choose from the top contenders. The two new models from Cannon records 1,920x1,080 60i video and feature a larger, faster f1.8 10x HD lens with a relatively large high resolution /2.6-inch 8-megapixel CMOS sensor, along with higher-end capabilities, such as SMPTE color bars and the ability to manually boost gain up to 18dB, fixed 70 and 100 IRE zebra stripes, and a user-assignable  [...]