Canon Vixia HF10 review

The Canon Vixia HF10 AVCHD camcorder is a cool little camera but has some drawbacks. The HF10 has 16gb of built-in memory and also uses SDHC flash cards to record high-def video. The format is hard to edit, though. Sound is from built-in HF10 mics in the wide shots and from an ATR35s wired lav in the long shots. Full review at http://newspaper-video.blogspot.com/2008/05/canon-vixia-hf10-hf100-review.html

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Vixia
• HF10
• AVCHD
• Final
• Cut
• high
• def
• video
• camcorder
• disk

[mike6754321011]

Not to burst your bubble or say you don't know what you are doing but with my HF10 I don't have any problems uploading the videos onto my computer and editing them in After Effects or Vegas or really any editing software... Even on my friends low-end laptop it works (Windows machines not Mac)

[HeraldVideo1]

@mike6754321011 This review is from two years ago! The editing world is a far different place and most everything handles AVCHD now. At the time very few programs did.

[Lukrecia888Crowley]

so does it only record HD on the flash cards? The 16gb internal memory is for standard definition videos? sorry i just got a bit confused there...

[HeraldVideo1]

just to clarify - it only shoots HD, but it has several different bit rates that affect the quality. It does the same whether you're going to flash cards or the internal memory. The lower quality settings give you more minutes of recording per card, but it's still HD.

[CanadianHitler]

so which camera is better than this and addresses the problems that you just mentioned?

[HeraldVideo1]

This review is close to two years old. Most video software and computers can handle AVCHD files now.

The current models, the HF200 and HF20, have subtle ergonomic improvements over the early models and are great cameras for the money. There are now HFS100 models with somewhat better controls, too.

Unfortunately, you have to spend quite a lot more than the HF200's $550 price to improve on it. If that's your price range, buy the Canon and enjoy!

[junkyintel]

Fast forward a year later, multi-core CPUs now are the norm and have become affordable. A lot of video editing suites now support AVCHD. Go for 64 bit O/S and apps if you can and load it with lots of RAM since its cheap. Battery life does suck, so get 2 or more. With HD TVs become more common, HD is the only way to go.

[GerMericanBeast]

I have the Canon Vixia HF10. I gotta admit this camera is amazing! But i agree about the auto focusing. Yet i have windows 7. On a middle class laptop. (Dell) and this easily imports all avchd files and somwhow imports them into WMVS.(Usually)

So.... BOOM!

Apple-0

Windows-1

[GerMericanBeast]

@Marco007Marco007 I actually have a Mac now, and I usually import them as an event on iMovie then bring them over into Final Cut Express 4, so yes. I'm happy.

[Marco007Marco007]

@GerMericanBeast You can import them on Mac too..... So.... BOOM

Apple - 1

Windows - 1

Happy we are tied?

[Ibringthetruth1]

1/3.2"  Dslr sensor = amazing!

Not sure i like some of the quirks with it.

Flash = compromise and compression. Tape and hardrives are better.

[RVRx]

3:22 VOICE CRACK LMAAAO

[loonpolice1]

excellent review.

[cat325ccr]

Wait so the video of your face was shot with it?

[baywestchurch]

FYI...this is out of date. PremierePro and pretty much all video editing programs can now handle AVCHD.

I edit it on an Dell laptop (PC) and it runs fine...spits out good stuff.

[bestamerica]

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i like my videocamera canon digital A1 hi8mm,,,

no more make it