Canon HG10 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Canon HG10 is perhaps the most compelling of a new format of camcorders, called AVCHD. Simply put, AVCHD has freed high definition video from tape-based media, allowing it to be captured to DVD, hard disk drive (HDD), and flash memory - all ...

Verdict: The video performance is by far the best AVCHD camcorder has produced to date. Built on the same imaging system as Canon's stellar HDV camcorder, the HV20, the Canon HG10 has a large 1/2.7-inch CMOS sensor with 2,960,000 pixels. The resulting video ...

Pros: The Canon HG10 camcorder has excellent image stabilization and generally great video quality

Cons: Poor audio control ; smallish EVF ; some annoying ergonomics ; no manual focus dial

Verdict: A solid hard-drive based HD camcorder, the Canon HG10 nevertheless has its share of annoying quirks.

Review summary: Canon HG10It's been a longish wait, but Canon will finally premiere its first hard-disk based camcorder this October, the AVCHD-compatible HG10. Based on the innards and lens of the HV20, the HG10 nevertheless uses an almost completely different ...

Review summary: The Canon HR10 is a looker, both in person and by the specs sheet. Despite the first class pedigree of the imaging system (identical to the HV20), we were still skeptical of the AVCHD codec, which has given other manufacturers problems with motion. ...

Review summary: but it remains to be seen whether the internal rechargeable battery will be able to withstand marathon video capture sessions.