should I buy canon Vixia HF M32 Camcorder or Canon Rebel EOS Ti2 Rebel for Video

Hello fellow Canons...

Should I consider buying a Canon Vixia HF M32 Camcorder, (64GB Flash) or Vixia HF M31 (32GB Flash) or get both good Video and Photos with the Canon Rebel EOS Ti2 Rebel ?

I know it all depends what I'm going to use it for, but I already have a G6 Powershot, takes great photos,but shooting at Hi-res only yields about 30 secs,and 3 min with the lo-res setting, using a SanDisk EXTREME III (30MB/SEC write speed) CF card.

Is there any way to extend / prolong the record time using a higher class CF card in my G6 shooting @ Hi-Res? Kingston has the Class 4 133x,266x,and 600x, in 16GB, or 32 GB sizes.

.... OR am I limited with what I have on my G6 for video recording with the 30sec total video time,and no CF at all card will help prolong this time?


Shooting also at low light is virtually impossible with G6 Video. With the way HD is headed, The guy at best buy told me I should wait for the SHCD capabilities to come out with the newer cameras.

I saw a few videos shot with the Rebel Eos Ti2, at 30 Frames per second,along with time lapse with the Canon intervalometer (sold separately about $150.00) and also with the slow motion features of the camera.

I guess I want the best of both worlds,but don't want to sacrifice quality when playing back HD Video on my HDTV Display. Any Ideas? Thank you.

IMHO, if your goal is to get HD video, go for a HD camcorder.

Yeah, that's the logical thing to do, besides, this is what I've found with the G6 video.

Movie Mode

"While the G6's movie mode is an improvement over the one on the G5, it still leaves much to be desired. You can record VGA resolution movies (that's 640 x 480) at a sluggish 10 frames/second for 30 seconds, or you can choose two smaller resolutions (320 x 240 or 160 x 120) and record for 3 minutes. The frame rate on the two lower resolutions isn't much better -- 15 frames/second. Maybe Canon's target audience for the G6 doesn't care about movie mode, but when most of the competition is doing unlimited VGA movies at 30 fps, I expected better."

"Since I'm asked this regularly, I will repeat myself -- those 30 second and 3 minute time limits are fixed, regardless of the size of your memory card."

The DSLR has advantages in sensor size and interchangeable lenses. The camcorder has advantages in autofocus, powered zoom, size, weight, and uninterrupted recording for long event recording. For the cost of the Canon HF M3, however, you can find other (non-Canon) models of camcorders that are superior, for example models with 3 sensors for superior color (and increased sensor size) and better low-light performance. Check out this web site for camcorder tests and ratings.

I would get the camcorder. I rarely use the video off of my 7D or 5D II. I mostly use the video off of my Canon Vixia HF20 or my Casio Exelim EX-FC150, but my FC-150 is mainly used for fun, since it allows high speed recording for those slow motion shots.