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Canon VIXIA HF10 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 16 GB Internal Flash Memory and 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $999.99
Buy New: $624.95
You Save: $375.04 (38%)
New (32) Used (3) from $651.33
Rating:  85 reviews
Sales Rank: 32
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Monitor Size: 270
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 12
Digital Zoom: 200
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 57
Minimum Focal Length: 4.8
Maximum Resolution: 2070000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 2.9 x 2.5
nv:Sensor: 3.3 Megapixels
Size: 1/3.2" CMOS Sensor
Image Resolution: 1920 x 1440
Movie Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Optical Zoom: 12x
Digital Zoom: 200x
Focal Length: f= 4.8 - 57 mm
Focus Mode: Instant AF
Focus Mode: Through the lens
Focus Mode: Manual focusing possible
LCD Monitor: 2.7 inches
LCD Pixels: 211,000 pixels
LCD Coverage: 100%
Maximum Aperture: f 1.8 - 3.0
Shutter Speed: 1/2000 sec.
White Balance Control: Auto
White Balance Control: Daylight
White Balance Control: Cloudy
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: HF10
Model: HF10
UPC: 013803091991
EAN: 0013803091991
ASIN: B001144JQU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Capture high-defintion video to 16 GB internal flash drive or SDHC cards | | • | 12x optical zoom; SuperRange Optical Image Stabilizer | | • | 24p Cinema Mode; 30p Progressive Mode | | • | 2.7-inch widescreen Multi-Angle Vivid LCD | | • | Simultaneous photo capture |
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Product Description
With widescreen TV and HDTV approaching as a viewing standard, it's sensible that home video be compatible. That's the philosophy behind Canon's VIXIA HF10 HD Camcorder. You can have stunning AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) format recording with the ease and numerous benefits of Flash Memory - No discs or tapes required! It's used in most innovative electronic products such as notebook computers, MP3 players, and cell phones. Record to both the camcorder's 16 GB internal memory and a removable SDHC card, extending your available recording space and offering added flexibility in file transfer and playback. The HF10 has a 3.3 Megapixel Full HD CMOS sensor and advanced DIGIC DV II Image Processor, SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization, Instant Auto Focus, our 2.7" Widescreen Multi-Angle Vivid LCD and the Canon 12x HD video zoom lens. With 1920x1080 video captures, you're ready for the best HDTV display. SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization Instant AF (Auto Focus) 2.7 Multi-Angle Vivid Widescreen LCD Superb Shooting Control 24p Cinema Mode / 30p Progressive Mode Mini HDMI Terminal and Mini Advanced Accessory Shoe / HDMI Terminal for up to 1080i support Bundled Pixela ImageMixer Software Built-in Electronic Lens Cover USB 2.0 Hi-Speed for digital video streaming and ultra-fast transfer of movies and photos Wireless Remote Control Canon 1 Year Parts/Labor Limited Warranty Unit Dimensions - (WxHxD) 2.9 x 2.5 x 5.1 in (73x64x129mm); 13.4 oz
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| Customer Reviews: Read 80 more reviews...
 Surprised at quality December 28, 2008
Blue Flame
I bought a top of the line SD camera with a 50 zoom. I could not stand the "video tape quality" of the video so I got this HD one. I am new to camcorders but good with electronics. I am amazed with the quality of the sound and HD video. The controls seem quite intuitive and I think they have got their act together. I am not easy to please but if this holds up over time I will be further amazed as things are not built to last these days. This is not good. Have to have the AVCHD recorder DW100 to use this. Seems most Bluray players play AVCHD these days.
Very Good Quality December 27, 2008
Erik Puzon (Greenville, SC)
Very good quality, I played it on my samsung HDTV...the picture is stunning. A UV FIlter is definitely a neccessity. Must buy extra battery with more juice. The only bad thing is the software that is included, better buy Sony Vegas 9.0 the version that edits AVCHD and I will wait until BD Write is cheaper to burn it.
Beautiful Video Saved to SDHC Cards & Standard DVDs December 27, 2008
Robert Kaminski (Columbia, SC)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased the Canon VIXIA HF10 a few days ago and wanted to mention a few things about it as well as some points about burning the video to standard DVDs in the highest quality possible using Video Studio 11.5.
What's hot: Amazing full 1080i video quality in good lighting; "easy mode" recording if you don't want to adjust the settings manually (seems to work pretty well); ability to save to cheap external SDHC flash drive cards for long-term storage (I use 8gb class 4 cards, which stores 1 hour of HD video and can be purchased on-line for about $10.00 each; just make sure you "initialize" (format) them before recording to them; the ability to watch the video recorded to SDHC cards on my PS3 - just plug in to the built in reader, pick the video in the menu, and play (note that not all versions of the PS3 have the SDHC readers built in and I don't know if a USB card reader will work, but I would think it should).
What's not hot: Although you can take still pics while videotaping, they are lower resolution shots; you can only take high resolution pics by switching the HF10 to camera mode (not a big deal for me as I bought this for videos - not still pics). From what some others have written (consumers and pros), HF10 video recorded in low lighting is superior to video recorded in low lighting by many other HD camcorders, though you will still notice a significant reduction in quality when shooting in low lighting situations (however, I have not tried making manual adjustments that undoubtedly will improve the quality of the video). The HF10 does not recorded in 5.1 surround sound like some of its competitors, though the quality of the stereo audio is excellent. Expensive proprietary batteries (but see this e-bay deal for an excellent price for a high-capacity battery and charger: [....] which was still available as of 12-26-08).
Notes on Burning AVCHD High Def Video from the HF10 to Standard DVDs:
Although I plan on storing my videos on 8gb SDHC flash drive cards (which reportedly hold 1 hour of 1080 HD video) and then burning them to Blu-ray disks in a year or two (after the disks and burner prices come down), I wanted to test burning AVCHD video produced by the Canon VIXIA HF10 at its highest setting (FXP mode) onto to a standard DVD. I haven't tried the bundled burning software yet (I've seen lots of complaints about it) but I have Video Studio 11.5, which handles AVCHD video recorded by the HF10. I noticed some people have stated that the quality of AVCHD video burned by Nero 8 is slightly superior to that burned by Video Studio 11.5 Although I don't have Nero 8 and thus can't make that comparison, my guess is that people who have compared the video quality produced by the two programs did not manually adjut the settings for Video Studio 11.5 to output the highest quality video possible (the default quality setting is 720 instead of full 1080). Unlike when burning standard video disks, the menus for making the adjustments in Video Studio are only available at the very last disk-burning step. They are located on the bottom left of the disk-burning window, on the same "row" as the Back and Close buttons (you can see some screenshots: [...]. Click on the Settings & Options tab, and then the Disk Template Options tab. Under Compression, set the Video Data Rate to Constant / 18000 and set the Compression value to 100. Under the General tab, change the Frame Size from 1440x1880 to 1920x1080. Then before burning click on the Project Settings tab and click on Change to make sure you see the new settings. That's it! I compared the video on the DVD to the video stored on the SDHC card on my PS3 and I am happy to report that I was unable to detect any difference in quality between the original video on the SDHC flash drive card and the video I burned to a standard DVD using Video Studio 11.5. Note that I rendered the video using Video Studio on a HP Pavillion m8000n PC with 2 gigs of memory, an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core Processor, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS graphics card. The size of the video was a little more than a gigabyte and it took several hours to render and burn it (unfortunately, I cannot say exactly how long it took as my PC went into sleep mode, probably for about 45 minutes before I realized it, so it probably took around 3 hours to render).
Amazing little camera with excellent video quality December 25, 2008
K. Amir (Washington, DC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Canon HF10 is on amazing piece of technology wrapped up in a small and very versatile camera body. This camera along with a Mac will make you into a very proficient video artist.
Hardware:
From the start having a flash based camera is a tremendous advantage over the HDD and tape based cameras simply because of speed and reliability. Not to mention you don't have that annoying humming sound in your videos. More importantly, if you're going to take this with you on trips, you will drop your camera...but with a flash based camera it's no big deal, just dust it off and start shooting again. Lastly, you can record to the on board memory (16GB) or you can record to SD memory cards...instant expandability!
Video Quality:
I was extremely impressed with this consumer focused camera that shot very well for a 'point and shoot' camcorder. The cinema mode (24p) comes out very crystal clear and looks great on any HDTV (via HDMI or Component cables).
Software:
The PC Software is OK, but thankfully it works like a charm with my Mac and iMovie. It's basically plug, play and create a movie. It doesn't get any easier than this combination. Yes, it will take some time to export this in full HD format, but you get a great video that you can burn to DVD and share. Additionally you can export to a smaller resolution and post it on YouTube, or have it export to your iPod.
Overall:
This camera is great if you're going on a trip and want to take stunning video and have a simple way to share it. For this price point (~$680) this is a very good camera and performs unbelievably well. You will NOT have any buyers regret after you buy and use this camera.
Other Cameras:
I looked at the FlipVideo and the Kodak Zi6 but decided to spend a little more for a camera with Image Stabilization and a good (12x) zoom.
Perfect for now (2008) December 19, 2008
L. Lantang (Ontario, CA USA)
If you are looking for Home/personal use HD (compact) camcorder, this camcorder definitely should be in your list, unless of course there are newer models out there. :)
I use this almost everyday.
Plus:
1. Easy transfer. I use iMac (Leopard and both iMovie and FCE).
2. Enough manual control, and they are all works
3. Great image quality.
4. Easy to use
5. compact and looked gorgeous.
Minus:
1. (of course) battery life
2. drifting focus on some condition, can be annoying if you are serious hobbyist, but this is the issue with all other similar camcorder out there, I've tried Sony/Panasonic/JVC.
Not yet proven (I have this for only a month now):
Durability
IMHO, this camera perfect for it purposes.
A step above in quality would be HDV.
If you have the budget and like the look and compactness of it then I highly recommend this camcorder.
If you use windows based, there are few program out there that work with AVCHD, and I'm pretty sure this issue will be a thing of the past in just a few months.
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