Canon’s covering their bases in HD camcorders this year. Three each in three ranges: There’s the flagship line of HF S with the HF S21, HF S20, and HF S200, the Compact line of HF M featuring the HF M31, HF M30, and HF M300, and the budget conscious HD user’s line of HF R wherein we find the HF R11, HF R10, and HF R100. The two digit lines (HF S21, HF M30) record to internal memory and external media, and the three digit lines record to removable (SD/SDHC) media only.

All of them record full 1080p HD video, the HF S and HF M series have the touch screen and Touch-Track tech (3.5″ screen on the S series and 2.7″ on the M series)

The HF S series starts with the HF S21, owning a 64gb internal drive with two slots for SD/SDHC cards, the 3.5″ touch screen LCD, an HD to SD downsampling function to ease your uploading (and presumably your use of the EyeFi wireless SD cards). The S21 has a 24p cinema mode, native 24p mode, and a 30p mode. Canon’s also included their Video Snapshot mode, which allows 2, 4, and 8 second clips for the guys and gals who don’t know when to quit taking footage. On top of that it takes 8MP stills. The HF S20 has all the same features but records to a 32GB internal drive -the HF S200 skips the internal drive and goes right to the dual SD slots.

The HF M series top model is the M31 and drops to a 32GB internal drive with one SD slot, 3.3 megapixel stills, a 2.7″ touch LCD, and records 60i with 24p and 30p progressive modes which record at 60i. The M30 has an 8GB internal drive with the same specs as the 31, and the M300 again skips the internal and goes right to the SD slot.

The budget conscious HF R series kicks off with the R11 with an internal 32GB drive, one SD/SDHC slot, a 20x Canon genuine HD video lens, keeps the video snapshot function, but lacks the touch screen of the above models. The R10 has the 8GB internal drive, three color options, and the same digs as the R11 otherwise. The R100, following the trend records directly to SD/SDHC cards.

For the full press release, read here.