I shoot primarily music videos and have found this camera to be great for my purposes. It delivers a great image - especially with good lighting and proximity of subject to the camera. The HDMI output is also handy for plugging in field monitors for a better preview.

I was looking for a 3rd camera for weddings and one that I could use on my steddie pod. This seems to be the perfect fit and with face recognition as well it's a great tool for those cinematic shots without breaking the bank or my arm.

Good Image Stabilization; Good in Low Light; Great Picture Quality; Large Clear LCD; Small light and powerful

Best

I use 2 of these cameras for filming live bands. I must say that the low-light clarity and colour reproduction blows away my Panasonic TM700. Also, consider that I spent an additional $1000 the Panny to get the handle, extra memory, XLR ins, a wide angle lens for more light and a lens hood.

This is a fine camcorder in a very compact package, but a few nits: You have to open the LCD screen in order to access the headphone jack, so you can't operate in electronic viewfinder and headphone mode.

Easy to Use; Good Image Stabilization; Good in Low Light; Great Picture Quality

We use this camera for our church events, services and praise and worship. This is the most professional camera we have used to day. It is perfect for tripod use for services and during outside events running around.

The canon xa10 is was a great surprise right out of the box. We put the battery on and "blam!" it fired right up and we started shooting. The audio is obviously limited but with external mic ports (xlr) and shotgun holster, sound is easy to get up to snuff.

Easy to Use; Great Picture Quality; Large Clear LCD

Poor Sound

Really good camcorder that fits my needs during editing but it is a bit too pricey for the quality pictorial then I have other cameras in the 5-8k class that performs better. However, very smooth with microphone inputs and sits like a glove in his hand.

The Canon XA10 is a pro-level camcorder with a 10x optical zoom, which if you have the cash, is a device with few flaws.

I received this camera as a Christmas gift, and I am more than impressed. I have spent years filming and editing videos as a hobby, and until now I have been stuck using cheap handhelds and GoPro cameras.