The 2010 Videomaker Best Product of the Year award for Best Hybrid Camcorder goes to the JVC GZ-HM550.

Okay, so its got a small form factor, making it compact and lightweight – just like every other new consumer model out there today and the GZ-HM550 shoots beautiful full HD images that you would expect. But, it’s the built-in Bluetooth wireless technology on the GZ-HM550 that really makes this camera stand out in a sea of similarities. Working with a variety of other Bluetooth devices, the GZ-HM550 opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities, such as the ability to wirelessly transfer still images from the camera to a smartphone. That paired with 32GB of internal flash memory and a SD/SDHC memory card make the GZ-HM550 our Best Hybrid Camcorder of the year.

Read Videomaker‘s review of the JVC GZ-HM550.

 Attention Videomaker readers! The Canon Vixia HF S10 has arrived in our offices and here is a brief review based upon our first look at this new exciting model from Canon.

Upon it’s arrival we decided to test some of it’s features to see if they are indeed as remarkable as Canon claims. For our first test we decided to take some shots in low-light conditions to see how well it performed. We found that it managed to hold up very well, and our shots looked very impressive. Be sure to grab yourself a VLC Player to check out our tests. Take a look at the footage here: Low-Light TEST

Another claim by Canon is that the HF S10 packs in 900 lines of resolution due to the inclusion of a 8.59 MP CMOS chip, and the DIGIC DV III processor, as well as allowing compression at AVCHD’s upper limit of 24Mbps. We decided to shoot a resolution chart to check it out for ourselves. Our chart only went to 800 lines, but the camcorder hits that easily. Take a look here: Resolution TEST

Here are some more sample shots that we took to give all of our readers a glimpse of the video quality that can be captured with the Canon VIXIA HF S10:

Shot 1

Shot 2

So far the Canon HF S10 looks promising, but our final verdict will have to wait for our full review coming soon.