Canon’s iVIS HG10 AVCHD, hard disk based HD camcorder
Posted August 1st, 2007 by Alex Ion
It looks like Canon is ready to jump into the big league for hard disk based camcorders, with the new model Canon iVIS HG10, that will bring high-definition quality, available from September. It comes packed with a 40GB hard disk that you can store up to 5.5 hours of ACHD recording (highest quality), compressed at 15MBps.
Canon HG10, HDD based camcorder review
Gizmodo already had their hands on the Canon HG10 and it looks like they really tested it, so here is what these guys found out:
- The world’s smallest hard disk HD camcorder, is very compact, but it’s not too small and allows easy access to all those buttons and controls.
- A bit disappointing battery life for the standard battery that you can use for an hour of shooting. An extended battery however will cost, and will give you 2 hours and 15 minutes of shooting.
- Better AVCHD codec, than Sony and Panasonic.
- It records 1080i HD at a resolution of 1440 x 1080. Only 1440 pixels are written to on the disk to save space and then it’s stretched back to full 1920 x 1080 when you playback.
- Has a super range optical image stabilization, which results in very good stabilization for high-frequency shaking but also for those small hand movements.
The result is that Canon HG10, is a great camcorder, will cost $1299 and will ship from October in the United States.
