Comments for Canon HG10 Hard Disc Drive High Definition Video Camera at http://www.hometheaterhifi.com , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.hometheaterhifi.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:39:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/379-a-secrets-video-camera-review.html#comment-1091 I really appreciate your response. It has really help me decide which camera to get. Also, I just want to say that this is the best reviews website. Thanks. - Sergy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:35:03 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/379-a-secrets-video-camera-review.html#comment-1089 Between the Canon HG10 and JVC GZHD7 I would prefer the Canon HG10 because it has a sharper image (more useful resolution). However, I am in the middle of testing the new Canon Vixia HF11 which is $1200. It uses SD memory cards, so there are no moving parts. 32 GB of memory are built into the camera, you just use additional SD cards if you fill up the built-in memory. At the highest quality recording, 24 Mbps, it will record nearly two hours of 1920x1080, and it can do 1080p30 rather than only 1080i60. The HF11's sharpness (resolution) is the same as the HV20, which is excellent (the HG10's sharpness is not nearly as good). It is one fantastic camera and is the HD video camera I would choose right now if I had to make a choice, partly because it has good sharpness matching the HV20, but mainly because it has no moving parts (no tape drive, no hard drive, no DVD-R drive) that are constantly spinning when you are taking videos. It does of course have motorized focus and zoom, but that does not eat up battery time like motorized drives. I think within a couple of years, all video cameras will be using memory cards because they will have less maintenance problems and battery life will be longer. - JEJ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:30:16 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/379-a-secrets-video-camera-review.html#comment-1086 Which camera would you prefer the Canon HG10 or the JVC Everio GZHD7 or any other that you might think is superior? - Sergy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:44:47 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/379-a-secrets-video-camera-review.html#comment-858 Our camera reviews take a long, long time to complete because we do so much in depth testing. That is why they tend to be cameras that are some months old by the time the review is published. Also, I am trying to get specific baseline data on all the camera categories rather than just review the latest cameras in any category. - JEJ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:03:18 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/379-a-secrets-video-camera-review.html#comment-857 There are compression artifacts with any compression scheme, including MPEG-4, and at any bitrate. It is just that, the higher the bitrate, the less the artifacts. At 25 Mbps, you could get 1 hour on a single 8 GB SD card. These cards are only about $20 each now, so I hope the manufacturers will increase the bitrate to maximize the picture quality. If you are shooting your daughter's first birthday, you want the best quality possible, because it only happens once. I would like 100 Mbps which would be 15 minutes per 8 GB card. So I have to change the card. I am willing to do that. I can have a pocketfull of cards if necessary. - JEJ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:00:23 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/379-a-secrets-video-camera-review.html#comment-856 Nice review. Was surprised that it can only record up to 15 mbps at it highest mode. Sure, it uses much more advanced MPEG-4, but i wouldn't mind if it record a higher bitrate. When record in 15 mbps, does it suffer any compression artifacts? Especially during fast scene actions? - Waterbug Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:54:24 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/379-a-secrets-video-camera-review.html#comment-844 Our instrument/software-based objective camera measurements are more in depth than any photographic consumer magazine out there, which is amusing since Secrets is an A/V publication (however, I have mentioned that hi-fi aficionados often are camera buffs too, as I am, and home videos can be watched in your home theater). Some of them have in depth subjective measurements, but we have the most in depth objective measurements. I suppose it is because we only publish a few camera reviews, so we can spend the time doing so many scientific bench tests on each camera. - JEJ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:52:48 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-cameras-products-menu-column3-50/379-a-secrets-video-camera-review.html#comment-842 Nice review, especially the tests at the end. reviews like this are exactly why I read this site on a regular basis. Thanks JJ - WS Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:28:22 +0100