Price: £1,999/$2,299
Website: canon.co.uk
While testing and reviewing the Canon XA65, I learned that the acronym ENG stands for electronic news gathering. In that case, the XA65 is an ideal ENG video camera, given that it is capable of being operational seconds after being switched on – and that its epic 20x optical zoom range (29.3 to 601mm on a 35mm equivalent) and 40x digital zoom is enough to capture breaking news events up close and far away almost instantly.
Camcorders have a somewhat unfair reputation for being dated, clunky and oldfashioned. In many ways, the Canon XA65
