Canon VIXIA HF M40 16GB Internal Flash Memory Camcorder - Bundle - 417.30 w/FS

The battery is not Canon, despite the photo that shows "Canon Inc". It says below the bundle what specific products are included and it shows the Power2000 ACD-762 battery which they sell for $39, and is only $19 on Amazon.

16GB of Class 10 SDHC is $19 on Amazon, and $35 for 32G. I guess $17 may be okay for the 16G Class 6 card that's included, but it seems like everything new now is Class 10, so why bother with lesser.

Recent everyday prices on these have been:
M400 (0GB internal and no viewfinder) : $329
M40 (16GB internal and no viewfinder) : $349
M41 (32GB internal and viewfinder) : $399

So if you actually wanted the M40 + that Class 6 16G card + Power2000 battery, it should cost $349+$17+$19=$385. You're paying $32 more for the other stuff thrown in there (bag, dvd, wipe, whatever). Not a good deal in my mind if you actually wanted all this stuff. If you didn't want all this stuff, then definitely not a good deal, buying stuff you don't want and paying more.

I'm in the market for one of these camcorders and have been watching the prices recently. I think Canon's pricing difference ($20) between the M400 and M40 is reasonable for the 16G difference, however one can argue that it's better to get the M400 for $20 cheaper and then just buy a 16G card so that way you're in full control of that flash device and can replace it if there's an issue or use it for other purposes - more versatile that way. So I'd probably buy either of these if the price drops more on one than the other. $319 for the M400 the other day on Amazon wasn't enough to make me bite.

Now the M41 for $399 ($70 more) than the base M400 gets you 32G and viewfinder. Consider $35 value for 32G, that means the viewfinder is $35 also. That's not too bad either. I think Canon has priced these reasonably relative to each other. I'd go for the viewfinder if this price drops further as well. I didn't see the one day that the M41 dropped to $349, but would have bought at that.

Hope that helps others.