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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,299.99
Buy New: $645.00
You Save: $654.99 (50%)
New (11) Used (3) from $600.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  146 reviews
Sales Rank: 786
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 61
Minimum Focal Length: 6.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 3 x 5.1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 2183B001AA
Model: 2183B001AA
UPC: 013803087079
EAN: 0013803087079
ASIN: B000U8HBRW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 This thing is so bad, it will make you wanna slap your momma!!! October 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We bought this to replace our outdated MiniDv camcorder and have been very pleased so far. The quality of the video and sound are great! We connect it to our HDTV and it looks and sounds great! It is very light in weight and easy to use if you're familiar with camcorders. I haven't done much with it yet, other than record video. I'm in the process of putting some videos on DVD with this camera. Overall, I'm happy to have this camcorder.
Canon HG10 AVCHD High Definition Camcorder September 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Canon HG10 AVCHD High Definition Camcorder with Optical Image Stabilizer
This light and easy to carry camcorder is amazing, and the price was unbeatable! The images are sharp and clean, and it's very easy to use, with very little help from the directions (which I keep handy in case I get stuck, because I'm constantly finding new things it will do - things I wouldn't miss if Canon hadn't thought of them, but which I'm really happy to discover. Truthfully, I'll probably never use all the features, because I'm an amateur, but it's nice to know they are there and that you don't have to learn all the technicalities of advanced use in order to get good service from this great camera. I love being able to store tons of stuff right on the hard drive so that I'm not pressured to process the videos to make room for more. That fits in with my busy, crazy life! The battery life is very satisfactory as well. I'm sure this video camera will give me years of great service!
 Short of expectation September 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In the past I have been quite loyal to Sony products. I bought this after reading great reviews about how this is superior to Sony. Additionally, I gave in to the lower price. However, although I think this camcorder is worth the price I paid, I do not agree with others that it is the greatest camcorder ever. The auto mode over corrects in back lighting situations and the color cannot compete with the vibrant color of Sony. In some situations it doesn't even feel like HD.
 great camcorder-softwear kills all the fun September 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
the camecorder is great , but softwear truly sucks, after hours of fighting with the Corel product I give up, do not even download into your comp. just throw it away
 AVCHD - under-supported format September 14, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Overall I've enjoyed this camera, but there are a couple of shortcomings:
1. AVDHD codec (.m2ts file extention)is not supported by the majority of popular players and editing software, including WMP and quicktime. Additoinally, the software included with the camera, which ostensibly provides basic viewing and editing/disc authoring functions, is terrible to the point of being virtually useless. If you buy one of these cameras you will need to buy some fairly expensive editing software if you plan on viewing your footage on anything besides the camera itself.
2. Some parts of the camera have a cheap feel, such as the pull-away dust covers over the aux microphone and output jacks - these do not fit snugly on my unit and will come out of position, exposing the jacks, just from shaking the camera. The selection dial next to the screen is too small for average man-size fingers and it's action has a loose, undapened (cheap) feel to it. Although I can't complain with the performance of the camera, it's dissapointing that a product that purports to be made in Japan has such a low-end feel to it.
3. Will not store still photos to the HDD!! What is that about? I don't understand why Canon not only forces you to use a serperate storage media for stills, but also chose the 'mini SD' format (halfway between standard SD and micro SD), which is arguably the rarest of card formats around. Even sony's proprietary 'memory sticks' are easier to find. The only way I could get a 'mini SD' card for my HG10 was to buy an adapter that accepts a 'micro SD' card.
Aside from these few complaints, this is a great camera and I have enjoyed using it to record hours of precious memories with nary a glitch in performance. Good battery life and brilliant picture quality in either HD mode. Considering it rivals some cameras in the $1000 range for performance and features, this is an excellent value. The OIS is possibly the best feature, and it quells the jitters from hand-held shooting even at the lense's longest focal lenth.
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