Canon HG10 2183B001, HG10 Brochure & Specs

HG10

DVD Camcorder

Item Code: 2183B001 Available in October 2007

Fill Your Life with Full HD

The name Canon has always meant photographic and broadcast television cameras with optical excellence, advanced image processing, superb performance, and the latest in technological advancements. Canon’s new High Deﬁ nition video camcorders are no exception. Add to that, our Canon Exclusives. Canon has long been a leader in bringing advanced features to its products, taking advantage of our superiority in optics and image processing. Thanks to a continuing effort to make better video easier to create, we’ve included a variety of these advanced and exclusive features only available in a Canon camcorder to help you do just that.

The Canon HG10 AVCHD Format Hard Disk Drive Camcorder delivers high deﬁ nition technology with the effortless ease of recording video directly onto a hard disk. Incorporating the latest AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Deﬁ nition) format, it puts superb image reproduction and advanced features at your ﬁ ngertips in a compact AVCHD Format HDD camcorder, which means you’ll carry it everywhere you want to capture the special moments in your life in true HD.

Among the Canon Exclusive features on the HG10 are Canon’s own Full HD CMOS sensor and advanced DIGIC DV II image processor. More exclusives are SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization, Instant Auto Focus and our new 2.7” Widescreen Multi-Angle Vivid LCD. With the Genuine Canon 10x HD video zoom lens and a host of other advanced features the HG10 is the right choice in HDD camcorders.

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• AVCHD Format HDD in a Compact Size1

• Full HD onto a 40GB Hard Disk Drive

• Canon Exclusive: 1920x1080 Full HD CMOS Sensor

• Canon 10x HD Video Zoom Lens

• Canon Exclusive: DIGIC DV II

• Canon Exclusive: SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization

• Canon Exclusive: Instant AF

• 24p Cinema Mode

• HDD Still Photo Grab from Video

• Canon Exclusive: 2.7” Multi-Angle Vivid Widescreen LCD

• Superb Shooting Control

• Advanced Photo Features

• Corel Application Disc

• Additional Features

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Features

AVCHD DVD in a Compact Size

The HG10 is Canon’s ﬁ rst AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Deﬁ nition) Format Hard Disk Drive camcorder. AVCHD uses an MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codec, recording true 1080 High Deﬁ nition resolution video. It allows you to capture more video onto a hard disk using less storage, for extended recording time. You can play the video directly from the camcorder on your HDTV, or easily download it onto your Windows XP™ or Vista™ system computer for playback, editing or sharing with friends and family. You can also burn video onto DVDs which play in AVCHD compatible Blu-ray disc players.2 Higher audio quality is also yours with the AVCHD format. All of this comes in a compact AVCHD format HDD camcorder, measuring only 3.2” wide, 3” high and 5.1” deep.

Added to the HG10’s handy size is the convenience of shooting high deﬁ nition onto a hard disk. You’ll never tape over a precious moment by accident, since the disk automatically searches for a blank space on which to record.

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Full HD onto a 40GB Hard Disk Drive

The HG10 captures 1920 x 1080 High Deﬁ nition resolution video onto a 40GB hard disk drive. A convenient format for anyone who wants to transfer video to a computer for viewing, editing or sharing, it also makes your life easier as you never have to worry about not carrying around enough recording media with you as you shoot your future memories. In LP mode, you’ll be able to record up to 15 hours of video. Even when shooting in super high quality mode, ﬁ ve-and-a-half hours of footage is yours without taking a break to change tapes or DVDs.

HDD recording also delivers true random-access play, letting you get to the scene you select instantly.

With the HG10’s built-in HDMI (High-Deﬁ nition Multimedia Interface) Terminal, it’s easy to transfer the HD video signal to your HDTV. With a single cable, you’ll send a pure digital signal, audio and video, to your television to get the ultimate HD viewing experience

With hard disk drive recording you get true random-access play, letting you access the scene you want to see instantly. You’ll also have no fear of accidentally recording over footage you’ve already shot. Like a computer, the HG10 automatically searches for blank space on the drive onto which to record. It’s simple to delete unwanted footage and you can record as the action unfolds without worry.

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Canon Exclusive: 1920x1080 Full HD CMOS Sensor

The HG10 captures 1920x1080 High Deﬁ nition video through its Canon designed and manufactured CMOS image sensor, similar to the CMOS image sensors in Canon’s EOS Series Digital SLR cameras.

Compared to a CCD, the HG10’s CMOS’s high color resolution and

advanced color reproduction gives brilliant results. It is also unique in featuring Canon’s proprietary noise reduction technologies for crisp, sharp images. Low noise technology also means that even in dimly lit scenes, the signal from each pixel is as pure as possible, with minimal noise or other aberrations. It’s the ideal sensor for HD.

The HG10 uses an RGB Primary Color Filter with Bayer Placement Pattern that separates light into red, green and blue color components. This results in vibrant images with deep, rich, accurate color and natural-looking tones similar to what you’d obtain from 3CCD camcorders. In addition, the Bayer Placement Pattern delivers sharp high deﬁ nition images with true-to-life color reproduction.

As an added beneﬁ t, the CMOS sensor provides outstanding image capture in low light conditions.

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Canon 10x HD Video Zoom Lens

Since 1934, Canon has been producing exceptional photographic lenses that are synonymous with unsurpassed optical performance. Because of Genuine Canon Optics, every Canon broadcast lens, 35mm ﬁ lm camera, digital camera and camcorder assures brilliant optical quality — and the HG10 is no exception.

The HG10 comes with an outstanding High Deﬁ nition video lens — a 10x HD Genuine Canon zoom lens. It’s the tool you need to record long shots of your child on the soccer ﬁ eld, wide shots of beautiful landscapes, and everything in-between. And because it comes with three pre-set zoom speeds, you always get smooth, steady, professional-looking zoom shots.

Super Spectra Coating technology results in images with minimal ﬂ are and ghosting. Plus, the new lens’ aspheric design reduces aberration and increases resolution, ensuring crisp, sharp video and enhancing the HD image quality. Not only that, but a new gradation neutral density (ND) system gives you better exposures in bright shooting situations.

In addition, for those times when you need to get a particular shot from a very long distance, this ﬂ exible lens also has a 200x digital zoom.

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Canon Exclusive: DIGIC DV II

DIGIC DV II is the next generation of Canon’s exclusive DIGIC DV signal processing technology. Designed speciﬁ cally for HD, DIGIC DV II ensures optimal image quality. It also ensures optimal image quality for still images, even though video and still images have different color requirements. DIGIC DV II is just another one of Canon’s advanced technologies that make the HG10 an exceptional performer.

Thanks to DIGIC DV II image processing, the HG10 produces video with improved color reproduction — especially in skin tones, and dark and light scenes. It also uses a hybrid noise reduction system that employs two types of noise reduction — for high deﬁ nition images that are crystal clear.

Plus, DIGIC DV II features improved continuous shooting of digital photographs with the HG10. You can shoot ﬁ ve (3.1 Megapixel) still images per second, and enjoy faster processing of your images to your memory card (1.4x normal card; 2.5x Hi Speed card). It also helps lower power consumption for longer battery life.

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