The XF300 has been a long time coming for Canon. It's the last of the major professional camcorder manufacturers to release a tapeless model, but the XF300 is finally here. Even though it's late to the game, the XF300 is an interesting piece of technology from a design perspective.

By Michael Reichmann and Chris Sanderson Video DSLRs are hot. But, though the shallow depth of field that they can offer is appealing to film makers of all stripes, they are really lousy video cameras.