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Media type: Hard Drive, Optical zoom: 10x, Sensor resolution: 2 Megapixels, HD Recording: With HD Recording, Weight: 505g, Image stabiliser: Optical, Screen size: 2.7'' ...
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9.4 out of 10

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3.5 out of 5

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- - Canon HG10 Evaluation 4.5 out of 5
  - Source: techradar.com
- February 2008
  Canon HG10
  
  Review summary: The HG10 is light and comfortable to hold
  
  Pros: Superb images ; Very easy to manage clips ; Native support in iMovie â€™08 ; Good stills performance
  
  Cons: Some ergonomic mistakes ; Opaque menu system
  
  Verdict: Yes, its expensive. Yes, few people have the displays to play back full HD in all its glory. And yes, youre going to have to invest in some serious storage to archive this footage rather than simply filing cheap tapes. But still, this is a lovely ...
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- - Canon HG10 Evaluation 4 out of 5
  - Source: camuser.co.uk
- January 2008
  Canon HG10
  
  Review summary: When we recently gave Canon's HR10 AVCHD cam a workout and were seriously impressed by what it offered for the relatively small asking price of £600. This time around it's the turn of its higher specified brethren, the HG10.
  
  Pros: Impressive features set, Powerful, with excellent performance, Great set of features, Excellent picture-performance, Good lens, Spectra Ambilight is a showstopper, Superb pictures, Highly impressive sound, Reasonable feature count, Well built, Well ...
  
  Cons: Poor battery life, Chunky build, Not the cheapest compact around, Massively expensive, Could overly dominate a room, Average performance, Overly small controls, Overpriced, Drab design, Handling noise occasionally captured, Expensive
  
  Verdict: A well-specified performer with an innovative approach to navigation and manual operation that is capable of impressive pictures and sound.
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- - Canon HG10 Evaluation 4 out of 5
  - Source: t3.com
- January 2008
  Canon HG10
  By T3 Magazine
  
  Review summary: Canon gets hard-corder
  
  Pros: Video quality; Memory; HDMI connection
  
  Cons: Bit pricey
  
  Verdict: Canon come out fighting into the HDD market
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- - Camcorder Review: Canon HG10 AVCHD Evaluation 0 out of 5
  - Source: videomaker.com
- December 2007
  Camcorder Review: Canon HG10 AVCHD
  By Brian Peterson
  
  Review summary: The HG10 is Canon's first HDD AVCHD camcorder. It is small and well balanced, and it comes with a 1/2.7" CMOS sensor and a host of new features that all add up to great-looking HD video
  
  Pros: Excellent video quality with very accurate color quality
  
  Cons: No manual focus ring No manual audio level adjustments
  
  Verdict: A small camcorder packed with features that result in excellent HD video quality.
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- - Canon HG10 HDD Camcorder Evaluation 4.5 out of 5
  - Source: trustedreviews.com
- November 2007
  Canon HG10 HDD Camcorder
  
  Award: Recommended!
  
  Award: Recommended!
  
  Review summary: Canon's first camcorder with a hard disk drive makes its debut. Is James Morris impressed?
  
  Verdict: Although the HG10 doesn't bowl us over quite as much as the HV20, it's still an impressive piece of kit. Sony's lower end HDR-SR5E undercuts it on price considerably, but misses out key features such as a standard-sized accessory shoe. The more fully ...
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