Got a new camera

Nullifier

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Well a new HD camcorder anyway. Ordered a Canon HF S10 unit. Just for family stuff and occasional river vids for my site. Looking forward to finaly moving away from tape!

Thanks to a 32GB hard drive and few sd cards I should not run out of memory for any event.

Specifications

Digital Video
Standard Definition or High Definition
High Definition

Television System
NTSC

Video Recording system
MPEG4-AVC / H.264

Image Sensor
1/2.6-inch CMOS, RGB Prmary Color Filter

Total Pixels
Approx. 8.59 Megapixels

Effective Pixels
Video: Approx. 6.01 Megapixels
(3264 x 1840) / Still Image: 16:9: Approx. 6.01 Megapixels
(3264 x 1840), 4:3 Approx. 8.02 Megapixels (3264 x 2456)

Maximum recording time
32GB internal Flash drive
LP (5 Mbps) 12 hours 15 minutes
SP (7 Mbps) 9 hours 35 minutes
XP+ (12 Mbps) 5 hours 45 minutes
FXP (17 Mbps) 4 hours 10 minutes - Allows 1920 x 1080 Full HD Recording
MXP (24 Mbps) 2 hours 55 minutes - Allows 1920 x 1080 Full HD Recording

Lens
Zoom Ratio 10x Optical/200x Digital
Focal Length f=6.4- 64mm (35mm equivalent: 43.5 - 435mm)
Zoom Speed Variable / 3 Fixed Zoom Speeds
Max. F/Stop f/1.8-3.0

Focusing System
Instant AF, Face Priority AF, TTL (through the lens)

Manual Exposure
Yes

Programmed AE
AUTO, P, Av, Tv, Portrait, Sports, Night, Snow, Beach,Sunset, Spotlight, Fireworks

Max Shutter Speed
Movie: 1/2000, Still image: 1/500

Minimum Focusing Distance
10mm (wide) / 1m (tele)

White Balance
Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Manual

Frame Rate
60i, 24p Progressive (records at 60i), 30p Progressive (records at 60i)

Minimum Illumination
0.3 lx (Night mode)

Image Stabilization
SuperRange Optical (lens shift)

Filter Diameter
58mm

Viewfinder
None

LCD Screen
2.7-inch Multi-Angle Vivid widescreen color LCD (Approx. 211,000 dots)

Flash
Built-in

Recording Media
Internal Flash Drive (32GB) or SDHC Memory Card

USB Terminal
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

Video Terminal
component (output), composite (output)

Audio
Dolby Digital 2 channels (AC-3 2 ch)

Accessory Shoe
mini Advanced

Supplied Video Editing Software
Pixela ImageMixer 3SE

HDMI Terminal
HDMI Mini Connector (output), CEC and x.v. Color

Microphone Terminal
3.5 mm stereo mini-jack

AV Mini Terminal/Headphone Terminal
3.5 mm 4 pole mini-jack (video/audio output only)

Dimensions
(W X H X D) 2.8 x 2.7 x 5.4in. (70 x 69 x 136mm)

Weight (not including lens and battery pack)
15.9 oz. (450g)

Weight (fully loaded)
1.1 lb. (500g)
 

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