Washington DC Canon VIXIA HF100 High Definition (HD) Test (720p)

[planB091]

Hey I just got this camera and I've been trying to editvthe footage in Sony vegas. What rendering format did you use?

[Sm0k3NMirr0rs]

@planB091 use mp4 for the best. what version of sony vegas do you have? i have sony vegas 9.0 and it dont support the format this camera records in.

[razoredgeknives]

thanks so much for the video!!! helped me decide which one to get =)

[MichaelJacksonSpin]

full screen, looks terrible, graini as hell

[199FOE]

@MichaelJacksonSpin What do you have the youtube res set to? Mines set to 720p and looks just fine.

[MichaelJacksonSpin]

@199FOE 720, but youtube does alot of tough compression on the video when is uploaded, so i guess i looks better on your computer before you uploaded it.

[199FOE]

@MichaelJacksonSpin Oh yea i definatly does, I have the same camera, and before I put it on here it looked worlds better.

[MichaelJacksonSpin]

@199FOE I thought so ;) but you wouldent get any comments if you just watch the video on your computer desktop would you, hehe thats why we have to put it up here .

[199FOE]

@199FOE Lol thats why I put mine on too haha.

[199FOE]

This is stunning footage, great quality too. I just ordered this camera, and let me say, I cannot wait to get it now.

[jellybeanOH]

Your video is awesome...the best I've seen so far. I'm looking into getting this camera, hence my watching your video. After watching, I'm convinced this is the camera that I need.

[cookwerth]

Hi, how did you set the size to 720p? I can only seem to do 1080x1920 or 1440x1920

[CisMediaGuy]

@cookwerth he probably shot 1920 x 1080 and then scaled using sony vegas to 720

[kandtanimations]

Great stuff. I have a similar camera. Very good video.

[freedomfighter213]

Hey, there. Where did you buy the camera? And for $550? :)

[SheratanAlnilam]

How many time does it take to upload a video like this?

[mrwojtex]

TELL ME WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE SOUNDTRACK MUSIC SONG ! PLEASE I NEED IT!

[baconbits12321]

which is better the canon vixia hfs100 or 200???

[oOADROo]

Awesome footage dude! Can't stop watching this video. Hope you get another canon HD cam and post more of your great work ;-)

[GxisxThis]

Seeing 360p on this camrea is terrible but 720p makes it way better

[Monisrocks1995]

awesome quality. how much was the camera?

[Vahkil]

@Monisrocks1995 I paid $550 for it new

[mrwashur1991]

yes sharpening increases noise tremendously.

[101Petercriss101]

What 35mm adapter did you ues.

[Vahkil]

@101Petercriss101 Ikord v5

[Vahkil]

@101Petercriss101 No adapter was used in this specific video, but I do have the Ikord v5

[101Petercriss101]

@Vahkil sorry for the double comment don't know why it glitched. I only asked once. Just to clear things up. Also thanks for the info. I'm kinda rushing due to the fact I'm going to a concert and I need good video gear. so any and all help is great.

[eberriault]

my videos are shot on the same camera. how did you upload yours at 720p? mine got the standard 480

[nuahsx]

@eberriault as i am assume you edit it first, and then have to export it, you would export it to a resolution of 1280x720, or higher.

[repsolal]

I just bought 1 off ebay last week for $400

its an amazing camera, much better than the Sony CX100 we have.

[ezkeyboardkid58]

perfect soundtrack

[straightoutadawood]

hey, ive been looking at this camera for a while now because my sony dcr-sr42 wont sync with my imovie and i cant upload any videos or any audio. would you happen to know if canons have a good relationship with imovie? thanks alot, i appreciate it.

[xredhenx]

@straightoutadawood: canons sync great with imovie!

[thatiamdisco]

This sold me, Im getting one off ebay asap!

[LooneyM3]

this is awesome, i may just get this one.. any input on is this better then the Casio Elixim F1 ?

[pwashington99]

@LooneyM3 Canon's are the best camcorders under 900 bucks, get a canon, if not this then get a HF R10 which is pretty much the same, Newer model with an 8GB built in mem... Never buy an off brand camcorder, Canon, Sony, Or high end Panasonic's only...

[LooneyM3]

@pwashington99 yes thanks, i actually ended up buying this camera and comepletely satisfied with it, HD is very very good

[jstreet56]

I can not seem to get the files from my HF100 to play on my computer. They seem like they are too big or something? They lag and do not run smoothly at all..any ideas?

[miguel2wwe]

@jstreet56 if your computer is too slow to play then change the settings on your hf100 to lower quality

[EEpong]

ur computer is slow

[rainarzufall]

jesus christ! very good Video, HD is wonderfuel

[nirbanhossain]

i just brought canon vixia hf 20. can you MSG me your pc configuration? thank you :)

[nirbanhossain]

are you sure this video is from Canon VIXIA HF100 ? Cause am going to buy this cam soon :O

[resturanklez]

This is awesome...I've had this camcorder for about a year now and I have no complaints

[djxplizt]

very awesome video! I think this is the low light test I was looking for! Did you use any special affects, adjustments or tweaks when you input it into your computer? Or is this raw footage?

Thanks for sharing!

[Vahkil]

Thanks, it has some contrast/brightness/sharpening done to it. It isn't raw footage.

[arizenmusic]

Great video footage. I am considering the HF100 as my first camcorder. Any tips or things I should consider?

[Vahkil]

If you can get a newer model, I think they've revamped the button placement and menu function to make them much better. This is just from my experience piddling with one on display in the store a few months after I bought the HF100.

[funnyguypanda]

i love this camera! i edit in imovie but im curious about how you exported this video.. mine end up pretty compressed and have most of the quality taken out.

thanks!

[Vahkil]

I rendered in 1280x720, 30fps, Windows Media Video (.wmv) v11 compression

[BZLProductions]

great video. i've been quite a few places (including france 3 weeks ago) but DC is still my favorate place.

[iLLipino04]

info on song?

[HugoLopezChannel]

hey man I just got the same camera and i made a video test inspired on yours i will post it to let everyone see the more about this camera can do in a good hands

[SoPleasedYouAreThere]

I love the mood of this footage and the particular sequence of the shots. Though the music is very repetitive, it works very well. When seeing it for the first time using standard definition, I was disappointed with the picture quality, but in HD mode it's astounding.

[MaghoxFr]

thanks mate i haven't bought it yet but i will soon

[faraz1729]

How do you prevent the dark areas of the shot from appearing grainy?

I have the Vixia HF200 and when I shoot in low light (tried both cinema and night modes), the output looks nothing as clear as yours. The dark areas look hazy/grainy.

For example, the street scene at 1:48 of your video. When I shoot like that, the darkness appears grainy. Thanks for your help.

[fakenphoney]

thats a limitation of technology, google the photography term ISO.

[faraz1729]

True. But he was able to reduce that significantly in his video. I just wanted to know how.

[chuckups]

Really nice camera work, those angles made a good camcorder look great.

[dmtv74]

Love this video. This camera has been a great investment.

[Odonnol]

I like the train entering the station a lot. Lovely shot. I would like to hear the train sound too.

[MaghoxFr]

that manual focos sucks then? is it my computer or it don't look so good in lowlight? im thinking on getting this camera but i have to know every detail beacause i'd be spending all my savings on it

[blazeing310]

the manual focus you can use the focus wheel or the joystick

the joystick is much faster

[lom68]

the hf is better than the hg right? cuz if it is i'm jealous lols

[DramaKidStudioz]

HEy there, i have the same camera, got it about month ago, TIGHT isn't it!! Your footage looks good, although i think you should lower the contrast when on the train, the people faces are toooooo bright, and I see the saturation effect you done, looks good. The noise is taking away from the beautiful HD footage a little, you should undo the sharpening edit or whatever you did.

[tylerpomeroy]

How did you do the manual focus at 1:32. Does this camera have a dial etc?

[Vahkil]

Manual focus is cumbersome. You toggle it by pushing in the joystick button on the flipout screen. Then press down on the joystick until you reach focus. Then press up to enable Manual Focus.. Then press left or right repeatedly to adjust focus. Yeah, like I said.

[alterdkyle]

and theres no manual focus ring add on like the hv30?

[coreyd79]

why is hd slow

[NinjaISwill]

I think you mean choppy. It may be your internet connection, or your computer may not be able to handle HD that well.

[asem123]

then which's better hv30 or hf100 ?

i loved hf100.. "what's the difirences" ?

[WmataRailFan]

nice video

[bonecollector101]

It has some pretty nice HD picture quality, but I noticed some artifact-ing on the light-shine of the train coming in. Really, not a good thing on a camera. I'm looking to buy a nice HD camera that performs well under low light conditions. But, I don't want to spend a packet, and I would prefer DV. I've heard bad things about HDD HD camcorders...

Thanks for the footage though, I've narrowed my selection down.

[dkthemovie]

this camcorder doesn't have a hard drive

[belekas13]

I have the same HF100 and have to say, that it brings awesome quality, compared to its price and size. It has a size of a cola can! By the way, question to author of this video: why are you using Vegas instead of ImageMixer? Does it save files from camera in better quality? Or do you just use Vegas for making adjustments?

[superfly100088]

did you actually take a video of someone sleeping??

[MrsMartin1982]

i've seen better

HV30 canon

[DramaKidStudioz]

I got HF 20, better! : )

[CaptainJoshUwa]

DAAAANNGG!!!!!! IM getting one this week!!! AWSOME

[popgames]

this thing has cinema mode?!!

[jetblue70]

i might want to get one of these, are they compatible with macs? also does it have 30fps

[AMGBenz95]

can you use the manual focus while recording?

[Vahkil]

Yes, but it is difficult.

[holdeneric]

I'm very impressed by the quality of the images, specially the rendering at night. Are you using a wide angle lens also?

[Vahkil]

Nope, just the lens on the camera.

[proxpk]

Great !

First im really sorry for my english but i would like to ask you a question.

i buy a cannon vixia HF100 too but i can't transfer my video in movie maker or any program...

please if you have some tips to helm me its going to be great...

Tank you ! goodbye

[Vahkil]

Use software that supports the camera format like Sony Vegas or Pinnacle.

[MrPacMan36]

PS - I also use Pinnacle Studio Movie Maker 12 (I have version 11 too)

[jdb80004]

Great video! I have the same camera, but have only had the chance to use it once.  Night video looks really good here. Great video, again

[EEpong]

your computer must be slow

[docquesting]

Great video. Its gone a long way in helping decide what to buy.

[MrPacMan36]

What's the song called?!?!?!?!?

[Vahkil]

Don't remember. It was off a free site and I just looped it.

[MrPacMan36]

lol, never thought you'd reply, xD

[MrPacMan36]

it's not choppy for me...

[edboytrilla]

awesome video!

[SoOPaHBRY]

I bought this camera and I love it... quick question though how is Sony Vegas for editing? I bought cyberlink Power Director 7 and its easy to use but I'm not sure if the features are on par w/ Vegas because I know many people seem to use it.

[Vahkil]

I can see how Vegas is a powerful program. I am not experienced enough with it yet to give a review. I have also used Pinnacle and Windows Movie Maker. It is more professional than pinnacle and heads and tails above WMM.

[johnjoe08]

How much did this camera cost? And this is not film but video correct?

[Vahkil]

I paid just over $500 for it in December. I think I caught a holiday sale. It is digital, not film

[seafury]

What setting are you using to get such fantastic low-light quality??

[Vahkil]

24 frames per second and cinema mode. I've done some contrast/brightness correction in Sony Vegas to this footage, so it is not right out of camera.

[tube4yourass]

the best test so far

[adlx21]

i mean .mts

also i just got song vegas movie studio 8. i cant drag that file onto vegas.. any help?

[Vahkil]

Mine "lags" too when directly playing the .mts files. I believe it is because it is streaming. When you render your movie, it will be faster. I'm also guessing the lag is dependent on PC power.  As far as not being able to drag the files into vegas, did you try browsing to open them?

[adlx21]

yah i did. mine also lags when after i save the mts vid onto my comp. its still saved as mts.

[adlx21]

i just got this camera, how do I save the vids onto my computer? when i drag the vid from my sd card onto my comp, it is .vob file. and it lags like crap. any suggestion?

[zondervan123]

WOW!!! This is amazing. I wasnt sure if this was the one I wanted, but now I'm convinced. Consider it bought. Thanks for the great vid. Again, this camera video is spectacular!

[John12787]

amazing video! nice music to go along with it, I would love to see another video like this one =D

[cjracer1000]

wow that was amazing, i love DC

[lazymonkeybutler]

what did you do to edit this in Vegas 9? Internet high quality? What type of file did you export it as? All exported videos take up ginormous amounts of space. Am I doing something wrong? How long did it take you to upload this to Youtube? Im thinking of taking my hf100 back because even though i have a hp centrino duo with 4g ram it just feels slow.

[Vahkil]

I am new to Vegas, so there may be more efficient ways to do this. I edited the .MTS files out of the STREAM folder of the SDHC card. I set the frame rate of the project to 29.970 (NTSC)and 1280x720. I then used File/"Render As" and selected a .wmv file with the setting "6Mbps HD 720-30p Video". This file came out to be 127mb. Took a few minutes to upload to youtube.

[lazymonkeybutler]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for replying so promptly! Yes, that is almost exactly the same setup I have been using. Every other format to render makes the files WAY to big for internet. BTW your video is awesome.

[JohnF30Music]

Great video. Thanks :) I NEED THIS CAM!

[Rrobins27]

53sec is amazing

[barsexual]

i think i'm going to buy this camera tomorrow. amazing video :)