Canon Vixia HF20/200 - Low Light, P mode Test

[SmithandSmithCo]

Great Video, I do however suggest that you go into the camera menu and find AGC (auto gain control). If you set it to 18db or 12db it will get rid of the grain. 12db is recommended as the sweet spot for brightness and grain. 18db makes the image brighter but has more grain than 12db.

[dwdrader]

@SmithandSmithCo

I looked for that setting but couldn't seem to find it on my HF200. Is it located under the 'func' button area or am I looking in the completely wrong place? I'm trying to find the best possible settings for night recording of city streets while moving (albeit moving very slowly) and that setting would probably make a big difference, and improvement, for what I'm wanting to do. Thanks for any info and tips/hints.

[curtismichael14]

its not bad, aleast you can tell that canon tried to make it avalible in low light....awesome video!, thanks for posting

[MaverickMuze]

I am wondering which is better in low light settings? hf20 or hf200?

[adamr1113]

I'm looking between a Sanyo Vpc-Fh1, Sony Hdr-cx100, and this Canon. They're all about the same price.. can anyone tell me which out of the three will rank the highest in overall quality also considering low light performance?

[vighu999]

Canon is any day better

[Delpheno2K7]

In a review I read, this camera has poor low light performance. I'm a novice when it comes to this, but judging from the video, does it demonstrate its poor performance ('cause it looked only okay)? How does the low level performance compare with other consumer mid-range cameras? Thanks.

[Narutotjuhh]

@Delpheno2K7 actually, there is quite possibly not a single camera below a thousand dollars that has good performance in low light situations, so unless you have a big budget, you're gonna have to settle with semi-good low light images.

[matrixate]

I agree.

[Blaze0820]

Great me and my grandma stood outside bestbuy. We where their from 11:00pm-5am and got the cam for 500$

[bluediamond2077]

i got mine for $530 back in nov off e bay. brand new. $500 is a good deal but i don't know about standing out side for 6 hours.

[poprocz]

I am expecting the FH20 any day now so the video and the info on the side is very helpful.

Thank you.

[wilddogz48]

does it come with a remote?

[an24252]

yes

[masterDJ32]

yup

[DirtyHunGoneWild]

Good job. I have the HF20 myself.

Do you know if there is a black Wide Angle Lens for it ?

[Souljaunitproduction]

is Canon Vixia HF20 and Canon Vixia HF20/200 the same?

Great Video...Good Job Man ^^ ...I'm in Luv' with this camera é_é

[slycooper1020]

20/200 mean 20 and 200 they r the same exept what comes with it

[sk8rforlife27]

hf20 comes with 32gb memory inside.. 200 doesnt..

if you look at it, buying a 200 and 32gb mem would cost alittle more money than just buying the hf 20 buy it self..

[bluediamond2077]

true .. wish I got a hf20 because of that. You also got the fact you have to watch out what card you buy and were from. I got scammed on e bay for $30 on a card. It was a fake . Id say if some one was buying go for hf20

[chrisbx1975x]

also, you did a very nice job with this video, the canon is capable of very beautiful quality.

[korgpadude]

listen everyonen if uwant the best night hd without any kind of noise its the canon hf100 with cine mode , if u dont use the cine mode its like ur shootingn with any other normal camera , it can even be sony t1 lol :)

[chrisbx1975x]

even people say low light performance of hf100 is so so, also cine mode is just for looks. "Use 24P mode to achieve a 'cinema' look".

[korgpadude]

yeah, but without this cine mode u wll have plenty of noise which is very very bad , if u dont use this cine mode to remove the noise then buy a sony t1

or any camera with less than 50 $

[chrisbx1975x]

you may very well be correct, i have not yet used the camera, it's good to know. sony did recently release a camera good in low light with a better sensor. for anyone who is looking for nice night capture. Sony HDR-CX500v. they say '1/2.88 Exmor R CMOS sensor for superb low-light video', and customers seem happy with night videos for once. it costs about $1000, but looks like it solves the low light issue.

[HichamBerrada]

Also I took some outdoors videos and noticed the sky was too white on the video ( I'm using a UV pro filter) do u think a polarizer should solve the problem ?

thanks and nice video by the way

[HichamBerrada]

hey, I bought the hf200 with a pro pack and have a wide angle also, it's a 0.45 professional titanium wide angle with macro high def.... the problem is that when I put this W-A on my hf200 I notice a black circle around the video as if the W-A lens was smaller which is not the case as I have a 37MM wide angle. When I zoom in X1 the circle disappear but this is not a solution as I loose the adv of using a wide angle. Is there a way around this problem ??

[TomiTom1234]

Hmm, somehow the HF10 looks better in term lowlight.

[toomuchcoffeee]

Love the deep blacks and zoom on the flag. My HF200 seems very noisy in low light or very jittery rather than smooth.

[STiTypeUK]

very nice video.. love the vibe with the city and the jazzy music.

what lens did you purchase for your hf200? im looking into the canon .37 but yours seems to be high quality and gives a wider angle.

[NeCubFlyer]

The wide angle lens I use is a Kenko 0.42x Wide - KUW-042 PRO. I've owned this lens for years and don't think it's available anymore. As far as quality, it suffers from barrel distortion on the wide end and goes soft on the zoom end plus the typical lens flare in direct light.

I'd consider buying the Canon lens except it lacks the thread mount on the front of the lens... so no way to mount filters, hood etc!

[99voltsdotcom]

that looks pretty awesome for night stuff!