Canon HG10 Indoor Zoom Test

Direct link to HD version; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItfzYdSv7iU&fmt=22
A short video just testing the zoom capabilities of the Canon HG10. The zoom on this camera is just wonderful, not the magnification which is just 10x but the actual rocker lever that you use to operate it. It is so smooth to use and you can realy make the zoom crawl.

You can select one of three fixed zoom speeds or a variable speed that depends on how you operate the zoom lever: Press gently for a slow zoom; press harder for faster zooms.

On this video I had it set on variable speed. The light was coming in from a window on the right which was blowing the highlights on the little statue so I adjusted the exposure down a bit

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• canon
• hg10
• zoom
• test
• 10x
• variable
• speed
• video
• hd
• 720p
• 1080p
• corel
• studio
• pro
• edit
• exposure

[tvfootlint]

I'm so buying this when I get the cash!

[johnboy1uk]

Well worth the money, great camera!

[trahum4]

hey just wondering but when you upload these to your computer using corel is there a way to get the video it uploads in in a different format. because the kind it is in after affects doesnt accept and i would like to start editing with that

[tvfootlint]

Thats in US dollars. I don't know the conversion. On ebay type HG10 in and it's the first one.

[johnboy1uk]

Is that Aussie dollars? What's that in GB £?

[tvfootlint]

good lord! thats amazing! I found a referb for tigerdirect for 399.99...camcorders are amazingly cheap these days :D

[johnboy1uk]

No nothing added not even in the editing, the light was pretty dull indoors, just natural light from a window on the right and camera mounted on a very sturdy tripod. It might have been even better if I had focused manually, you can just see the focus hunting slightly if you look closely

[tvfootlint]

I can tell! So you didn't use an added lens or anything?

[johnboy1uk]

Hi, this smearing of the image that you have mentioned does tend to be a problem with these cameras that use AVCHD format especially when there is a lot of movement i.e when you pan. In low light indoors you do notice it. I try not to move the camera to much and use a tripod to keep it steady. Outdoors in well lit conditions you don't notice it

[jnm195]

I bought a unit last week (factory refurb). Indoors, I notice a lot of fixed noise in the sensor i.e As you pan the scene, the grain appears stationary while the scene is changing. Do you notice that problem ? I have tried the exposure trick to get some of it out.