| Canon VIXIA HF10 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 16GB Internal Flash Memory and 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 39 reviews)
Sales Rank: 196
Category: Photography
Publisher: Canon
Studio: Canon
Brand: Canon
Label: Canon
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: 0
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Monitor Size: 270
Included Software: Yes
Special Features: 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
Optical Zoom: 12
Digital Zoom: 200
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 57
Minimum Focal Length: 4.8
Maximum Resolution: 2070000
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 2.9 x 2.5
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 the light, compact Canon VIXIA HF10, you can have stunning AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) format recording with the ease and numerous benefits of flash memory. It's used in some of the world's most innovative electronic products such as laptop computers, MP3 players, PDAs and cell phones. Canon offers the best in flash memory with dual flash memory-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.Add to that the VIXIA HF10's Canon exclusive features such as Canon's own 3.3 Megapixel Full HD CMOS Sensor and advanced DIGIC DV II Image Processor, SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization, Instant Auto Focus, Canon's 2.7" Widescreen Multi-Angle Vivid LCD and the Genuine Canon 12x HD video zoom lens and you have a flash memory camcorder that's hard to beat and unmistakably Canon.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 Great Picture easy import to Final Cut Pro MAC July 8, 2008
The picture is as expected for a compact HD camera. In full daylight very sharp but this is not a low light video cam. Import to Final Cut Pro on my power Mac was easy and uneventful. It just imported and that was it. Controls are a little awkward. Generally I am happy with this consumer level cam.
 Quality is beautiful, support and value is mediocre esp for Mac Users July 7, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wow, what can I say, once you go HD you'll never go back. Great camcorder from an ergonomic perspective and I mirror much of what others have said but I'm going to focus on a few things others have not yet said...mainly that I'm a MacPro user and yes indeed the SW to play & edit isn't included for Mac OS but it is for Windows. You'll have to buy something like iLife ($79.95 on Amazon) to play your video on your computer and then edit it. How crazy is that? Free for Win, but $80 for Mac! The bigger issue is that I can't seem to find an answer to what I think would be part of a normal workflow. That is, I want to simply use my Mac to archive my .mts (ACVHD) files and then bring them back (unedited) to the camera so I can view them on my HD TV via the HDMI cable. YOU CANT DO THIS! I spoke with Canon support and they said and I quote "We claim no compatibility with Macs WHATSOEVER" but the Pixma software included does allow you to download to WIndows, play and move it back to the camcorder". The only way to view a clip if you have a Mac is to burn the archived video on to DVD and then view it. HOW CRAZY is that!? My kids just want to occasionally view an old video now and then and what faster way than to simply copy the particular clip back to the camera temporarily to view? NO, you have to burn a DVD! Per Canon support "copying from a Mac is meant to be a ONE-WAY process".
If you use Windows, I'd say it worth buying. If you use a Mac, WAIT!! Same on Canon for not recognizing an important user base when releasing a THIRD generation ACVHD camcorder!
Great camcarder July 5, 2008
This is my first HD Camcorder. Picture is really good and I like the HDAVC format. You can play the HDAVC directly on PS3, just plug the memory card into the PS3 USB port, it instantly recognized and you can play the video with HD quality picture. You can also use the come along software to create a DVD or Blueray DVD. I done with the regular DVD, although the format is not bluray, it is 16:9 and picture is quite good on my 40' LCD. I did not render the Bluray DVD option, I can imagine the quality should be way better. But why bother, I just plug my memory card into PS3 and the result is the same.
The only thing I regret was, I brought the HF10, I should have brought the HF100 which is identical without the internal memory. I used the external memory card all the time so the extra money I paid for the internal memory model is a null point.
The best in its class but not without serious drawbacks July 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First of all I'm quite sure that image-quality-wise it's the best camcorder one can buy below 2K. It is also probably the best compact camcorder and a great value.
Downloading videos from internal memory is more painful than it should be and the included decoder cannot run smoothly enough on my new dual-core desktop. Some controls are well designed ... but these are fairly minor drawbacks.
One serious problem with it is the lens. It is very narrow. Horizontally is it's about 42mm equivalent at its widest end. This is bad in itself but is particularly problematic for a 16:9 camera. Basically you need to be about 20 feet away to be able to film a 5 foot person in full height.
I imagine that's the price for a fairly useless 12x zoom.
A wide-angle lens is a must. It does improve things a bit (by 0.7 factor) but at the price of significant distortion, loss of (so precious) light, extra bulk, about $150. It also ruins the nice look of the camera.
One more necessary accessory is 2 hour battery. I can't see why Canon is charging $100 for a less than 10$ battery. Do yourself a favor and buy a noname alternative for a fraction of a cost.
The first AVCHD camcorder that convinces. July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have quite a selection of HD camcorders from Sony, JVC, and Panasonic. I also have the Canon HV10 and HV20 HDV camcorders, which are as amazing as that sounds incompatible in HD mode. HD has creates the most amazing confusion on the format front. Also capturing became very painful with this mess. Enter AVCHD. After tremendous disappointment over the last year with AVCHD compatibility for video editing - particularly on the Mac - this has finally been resolved. I use now Final Cut Pro 6.04 and iMovie to directly import the AVCHD files into the editing software. The winner in quality, handling and usability is for me the Canon HF10. The picture quality in FXP mode - the highest quality setting - is excellent and beats both HV10 and HV20. Compared to the Pro-Camera Panasonic HVX-200 I see very little difference. The biggest distinction is low-light noise. But also here the HF10 beats all other AVCHD camcorders.
A bit unpleasant is the requirement to have the power cable connected while USB use, but that must be related to problems with potential file corruption should the battery fail. I would recommend the HF10 over the HF100 because of its internal memory.
Finally AVCHD has reached the mainstream. I wonder for how long until another format makes it obsolete ...
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