Canon LEGRIA HF R38 + SDHC 4GB
Canon LEGRIA HF R38
The freedom to create and connect: a small camcorder with a big zoom and Wi-Fi
The compact and lightweight LEGRIA HF R38 gives you the freedom to share with in-built Wi-Fi. Get closer in Full HD with the 51x Advanced zoom while optical Intelligent IS ensures steady footage.
Wi-Fi with MP4 support
In-built Wi-Fi lets you effortlessly share your creations to social networking sites and view your videos on DNLA certified TVs and iOS devices. Support for MP4 format ensures quick transfer times of HD movies.
51x Advanced zoom; Full HD CMOS
A genuine Canon HD video lens with 51x Advanced Zoom lets you capture all the detail in even far away subjects. The Full HD CMOS sensor gives true HD quality and excellent colour reproduction even in low light, so your movies will look great on your HDTV.
Optical Intelligent IS
Intelligent IS is the perfect solution to combat camera shake. It automatically detects the scene and selects exactly the right optical Image Stabilizer settings from 4 modes to counteract movement and prevent blur. It ensures sharp, detailed videos in every situation - leaving you free to concentrate on shooting.
Story Creator
Use Story Creator to effortlessly create memorable movies and help develop your video skills. Choose a theme for your movie and Story Creator gives you on screen suggestions and shooting tips, so you can make captivating videos.
Cinema-look filters; Touch Decoration
Inspire your creativity with Cinema-Look Filters. Select from 8 adjustable colour-grading filters to capture the perfect movie scene. Adding fun effects to your movies without a PC is easy using Touch Decoration.
Store direct to external HDD
Copy movies direct from the inbuilt memory or SDXC card slot to an external hard drive. Just follow the simple on-screen menus for quick and easy storage.
Fingertip control
Operation is easy with a high-resolution 7.5cm (3.0”) gesture-based Touch-screen LCD, which gives you intuitive fingertip control of settings and simplifies playback.
Smart Auto, Face Detection
Effortlessly shoot high quality video with Smart Auto. Intelligent Scene Detection Technology selects the perfect settings from 38 scene modes – all you have to do is point and shoot, whilst Face Detection optimises the settings for great people shots.
HD-SD conversion
Convert movies from HD to SD in camera for really easy sharing and web uploading.
32GB Dual Flash memory, SDXC card slot
A 32GB Dual Flash memory lets you store over 12 hours of movies to the built-in memory. Record even longer with the SDXC card slot.
The freedom to create and connect: a small camcorder with a big zoom and Wi-Fi
The compact and lightweight LEGRIA HF R38 gives you the freedom to share with in-built Wi-Fi. Get closer in Full HD with the 51x Advanced zoom while optical Intelligent IS ensures steady footage.
Wi-Fi with MP4 support
In-built Wi-Fi lets you effortlessly share your creations to social networking sites and view your videos on DNLA certified TVs and iOS devices. Support for MP4 format ensures quick transfer times of HD movies.
51x Advanced zoom; Full HD CMOS
A genuine Canon HD video lens with 51x Advanced Zoom lets you capture all the detail in even far away subjects. The Full HD CMOS sensor gives true HD quality and excellent colour reproduction even in low light, so your movies will look great on your HDTV.
Optical Intelligent IS
Intelligent IS is the perfect solution to combat camera shake. It automatically detects the scene and selects exactly the right optical Image Stabilizer settings from 4 modes to counteract movement and prevent blur. It ensures sharp, detailed videos in every situation - leaving you free to concentrate on shooting.
Story Creator
Use Story Creator to effortlessly create memorable movies and help develop your video skills. Choose a theme for your movie and Story Creator gives you on screen suggestions and shooting tips, so you can make captivating videos.
Cinema-look filters; Touch Decoration
Inspire your creativity with Cinema-Look Filters. Select from 8 adjustable colour-grading filters to capture the perfect movie scene. Adding fun effects to your movies without a PC is easy using Touch Decoration.
Store direct to external HDD
Copy movies direct from the inbuilt memory or SDXC card slot to an external hard drive. Just follow the simple on-screen menus for quick and easy storage.
Fingertip control
Operation is easy with a high-resolution 7.5cm (3.0”) gesture-based Touch-screen LCD, which gives you intuitive fingertip control of settings and simplifies playback.
Smart Auto, Face Detection
Effortlessly shoot high quality video with Smart Auto. Intelligent Scene Detection Technology selects the perfect settings from 38 scene modes – all you have to do is point and shoot, whilst Face Detection optimises the settings for great people shots.
HD-SD conversion
Convert movies from HD to SD in camera for really easy sharing and web uploading.
32GB Dual Flash memory, SDXC card slot
A 32GB Dual Flash memory lets you store over 12 hours of movies to the built-in memory. Record even longer with the SDXC card slot.
Storage
- Internal storage capacity
- 32 GB
- Camcorder media type
- Memory card
- Flash memory
- 4 GB
Memory
- Maximum memory card size
- 64 GB
Video
- Full HD
- Y
- Maximum video resolution
- 1920 x 1080 pixels
- HD-Ready
- Y
- Video resolutions
- 1280 x 720, 1440 x 1080, 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Video formats supported
- AVCHD, MP4
- Bitrate at maximum video resolution
- 24 Mbit/s
- Capture modes
- FXP, LP, MXP, SP, XP+
Technical details
- Colour of product
- Black
- Built-in speaker(s)
- Y
- Back light compensation
- Y
- Built-in display
- Y
- Weight
- 250g
- Focal length range (f-f)
- 2.8 - 89.6 mm
- Audio system
- Dolby Digital 2.0
- AV output
- 1
- Camera shutter speed
- 0.001 - 0.5s
- Compatible memory cards
- SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Display
- LCD
- Face detection
- Y
- Image processor
- DIGIC DV III
- Memory slots
- 1
- Optical sensor size
- 1/0.191 mm (1/4.85")
- Optical zoom
- 32x
- Scene modes
- Beach, Fireworks, Night, Portrait, Snow, Sports, Spotlight, Sunset
- Self-timer
- 10s
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Tripod mountable
- Y
- Total megapixels
- 3.28 MP
- USB connector type
- Mini-USB A, Mini-USB B
- Viewfinder type
- N
- White balance
- Auto, Daylight, Tungsten
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Y
Ports & interfaces
- HDMI
- Y
- S-Video out
- N
- DC-in jack
- Y
- Built-in microphone
- Y
- Headphone outputs
- 1
Power
- Battery type
- BP-709
- Battery life (max)
- 1h
Display
- Display resolution (numeric)
- 230000 pixels
- Touch screen
- Y
Technical details
- Display diagonal
- 7.62 cm (3")
Image sensor
- Effective megapixels (movie)
- 2.07 MP
Lens system
- Interchangeable lens
- N
- Image stabilizer type
- optical
- Focus adjustment
- Auto/Manual
- Closest focusing distance
- 0.1m
- Digital zoom
- 1020x
- Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
- 38.5 - 1232 mm
- Image stabilizer
- Y
- Maximum aperture number
- 4.5
- Maximum focal length (35mm film equiv)
- 123.2 cm
- Minimum aperture number
- 1.8
- Minimum focal length (35mm film equiv)
- 3.85 cm
- Zoom capability
- Y
Camera
- Photo effects
- Fader
- Camcorder type
- Handheld camcorder
- Minimum illumination
- 4 lx
- Progressive scan
- Y
- 3D compatibility
- N
Light exposure
- Light exposure modes
- Auto
Flash
- Built-in flash
- N
- Built-in light
- N
System requirements
- Windows operating systems supported
- Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista
- Mac operating systems supported
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Battery
- Video recording time
- 1h
Packaging content
- Battery technology
- Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
- Cables included
- USB
- Quick start guide
- Y
Picture quality
- Maximum image resolution
- 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight & dimensions
- Width
- 5.4 cm
- Depth
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 5.5 cm
Other features
- Component video (YPbPr/YCbCr) out
- 1
- USB 2.0 ports quantity
- 1
- Effective megapixels (image)
- 2.07 MP
- Pre-record
- Y
- Snap shot
- Y
