Compact in size light weight and fully featured the canon xf100 professional camcorder can be tailored to fit a wide range of individual needs the xf100 utilizes canons xf codec a file based mpeg 2 compression with an mxf file wrapper that ensures the widest compatibility with existing industry infrastructure metadata and non linear editing nle systems the codecs 422 color sampling provides ultra fine transitions in tone and color for maintaining the highest image quality needed