

This is enough for over two hours of footage even in FXP mode, and six hours at the lowest quality setting. However, there is no standard definition recording option at all.Ĭanon has dubbed the HF10 ‘dual memory’, because as well as having an SDHC card slot, it includes 16GB of onboard flash memory.

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You can even add 25PF progressive shooting, for true 1080p video. There is also an XP+ mode recording at 12Mbits/sec, SP at 7Mbits/sec, and LP at 5Mbits/sec.

This is compressed to 17Mbits/sec – currently, the equal highest AVCHD data rate with Panasonic’s HDC-SD9 and HS9. But the HF10 really does record at 1,920 x 1,080 in its top FXP mode. In past models, Canon has used the ‘Full HD’ label because the sensor was recording at this resolution, even if the signal was being compressed to a lower resolution. Even HD video only requires a maximum of 2.07-megapixels.
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The full resolution of the CMOS is only used when taking digital stills, which can be captured at up to 2,048 x 1,536 pixels. This is slightly smaller than the 1/2.7in unit used in the HV20, HV30 and HG10, which theoretically will put it at a slight disadvantage in low light. The HF10 is built around Canon’s new 1/3.2in CMOS sensor, with 3.3-megapixels. But is the Canon HF10 really the start of a video revolution? With the portability afforded by flash memory recording, Canon reckons there will be a shift to ‘Freecording’, where you capture all the fun and more extreme events in your life – not just family occasions. In fact, Canon is using the model to launch a new concept in camcorder usage. The HV20 proved to be the best HDV camcorder around, and its HG10 sibling packaged many of the same features into a hard-disk recording, AVCHD-based model. When Canon focuses on something, you can usually expect good things. Now Canon is at last turning its attention to the flash memory market with its new HF10, making JVC the only manufacturer without flash-based high definition camcorders. Its first HDV model only arrived in 2006, and its first AVCHD models were considerably later than Sony’s. Canon has a more cautious approach to new camcorder technology than some manufacturers.
