Comments on: Canon HG10

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:00:32 +0000

The native file of the HG10 is .M2TS, not .MOV. You have to save the file, edit and Render to your desired file type.

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:58:43 +0000

This is not exactly true. If you do not use the proper render settings, you will have lines and distortion from interlacing. For example, the best settings for Sony Vegas for rendering video that was recorder with the Canon HG-10 are as follows:

Recorder in 60i = file/properties – HDV 1080-60i & Progressive

Recorder in 24p = file/properties – 23.976 fps & Progressive

Many software video editors will misinterpret the Canon HG10’s native video format as Interlaced/Top Field First, when it is actually progressive.

24P is really only useful for the user who is interested in NTSC or PAL projects and should only be used with minimal camera movements, not because of the camera, but because of the nature of 24P itself. You get more frames when shooting in 60i and the resulting quality is an overall better product and easier to deal with on the rendering end.

Most editors are also very poor at handling deinterlacing issues. I would suggest using AVISynth for interlacing or deinterlacing video. It does this job quite well.

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:40:44 +0000

You need to install the Corel “Guide Menu” software that came with the camera to transfer the files.

By: David O

David O — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:27:40 +0000

Just purchased my HG10 a day ago, the camcorder doesn’t show up on my pc or mac, I’m sure I’m doing something wrong, I connect the usb and power still nothing?

By: Kevin Kari

Kevin Kari — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:31:57 +0000

My best recommendation that you must absolutely follow is to put the camcorder on a tripod, do not move the camcorder, do not, I repeat do not pan or move the camera up, down, to the left or to the right. If you move the camera at all you’ll have a horrible recording with terrible interlacing blur. Keep the camera absolutely stationary. And then don’t have your subject that you are recording move very fast. If your object moves fast, you will have terrible interlacing blur problems on playback. The funny thing is, the interlacing problems do not show up on that little LCD monitor screen. Moving objects and moving the camera looks fine on the LCD screen when you are recording. Do not believe it. On playback if you are moving the camera at all, panning left or right, up or down, or zooming the lens. It plays back terribly interlaced. Don’t let your object or people move fast as you are recording them. It looks fine in the LCD screen but the playback will really suck on the 1920 x 1080i playback. Moving the camera or fast moving subjects won’t look that good at the lower 960 X 540i playback either. If the camera is on a tripod and the objects move slowly in really good bright light, you will love the recording quality. I repeat. A stationary camera on a tripod and a non-moving or slow moving subject/object will give you amazing HD quality on playback. I suggest using the 60i and not the 24p and don’t use the cinema mode. I think the 60i is the better recording option. The 24p is a tad more jittery. I can’t do anything but speculate about that cinema mode, I don’t totally understand it, but I think it has something to do with 24p or 24 full frames per second. Don’t just go out and shoot without putting that camera on a stationary tripod. You will most likely be disappointed with the playback if you hand hold the camcorder, especially, especially when you use the zoom. The jitter on playback when you hand hold and zoom is unusable. Panning is better with a non HD mini DV camcorder. My old Canon Elura 40 MC mini DV camcorder was more clear with less blur when I panned with that lower resolution Camcorder then when I pan with this Canon HG10. The best tip, don’t move the HG10 camcorder at all when you are recording. Trust me, 20 hours of recorded vacation time later, I found out what doesn’t work, and what vacation shots are a blur and which ones are amazing and I feel like I’m there again. Avoid interlacing problems, jittery playback, and blur in your playback and video editing.

By: chandu

chandu — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:41:12 +0000

There is a way to save movie files in different formats.
1. Start ulead DVD movie Factory (Corel Application suite)
2. Create/burn video to disk and select DVD format.
3. Select movie clip in m2ts format that you want to convert
4. Select the clip and clip ‘Export Selected Clips’ option – it opens a menu
5. Select ‘customize’
6. Select file type *avi, *.mpg, *.mov .
7. Click options to customize such as compression format, ration, image size etc.
8. Click ok/save.

By: sherry

sherry — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:20:07 +0000

I’m having the same problem as Mark. I’ve been making web movies for years and I’ve never experienced this much frustration with any other programs. Wish I would have purchased the HG20.

By: Mark McKenna Little

Mark McKenna Little — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:35:02 +0000

I cannot figure out how to save movie clips from my HG10 camera onto my computer in MOV format. Everytime I save as MOV (or any other web-ready file) it gets 1/2 way through and then stops with no MOV file left on my PC.

If I can’t figure this I’m going to have to give up on the HG10 as “great camera” but “not practical” for me. It only saves to a DVD R.

Mark McKenna Little
Mark@TheFreedomExperience.com

By: Maia

Maia — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:52:42 +0000

hi nice post, i enjoyed it