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Model
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| Canon HF S10 | Canon HV10 |
| Picture ? | | |
| Manufacturer | Canon 
| Canon 
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| Name | HF S10 | HV10 |
| European name ? | Legria HF S10 | HV10 |
| US name ? | VIXIA HF S10 | HV10 |
| lowest US price | 799 $ | |
| On the market since | April 2009 | October 2006 |
| Manufacturers URL | link to Canon | link to Canon |
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Test preview
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| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Satisfactory
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| test picture 1200 Lux | | |
| Test image 12 lux auto-mode | | |
Video
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| Video formats ? | AVCHD
| MiniDV HDV
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| Recording Medium | SDHC card built-in flash memory
| MiniDV/HDV-Cassette
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| video resolutions EU ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/25p
| HDV 1440 x 1080/50i MiniDV 720 x 576/50i
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| video resolutions US ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/24p AVCHD 1920 x 1080/30p
| HDV 1440 x 1080/60i MiniDV 720 x 480/60i
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| Max Bitrate ? | 24 Mbit/s | 25 Mbit/s |
| Compression format ? | MPEG4
| DV MPEG2
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| on-board memory ? | 32 GB | |
| Optics |
| Optics Manufacturer ? | Canon
| Canon
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| Optical Zoom ? | 10 x | 10 x |
| Wide Angle 16:9 ? | 43,6 mm | 43,6 mm |
| Filter diameter ? | 58 mm | 37 mm |
| Image Stabilization ? | optical
| optical
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| ND Filter ? | No
| No
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| Exchangable optics ? | No
| No
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| Image Sensor |
| Number of sensors ? | 1 | 1 |
| Size of image sensor ? | 1/2,6 inch | 1/2,7 inch |
| image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ? | 6010000 Pixel | 2070000 Pixel |
| Image Sensor Type ? | CMOS
| CMOS
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| Controls |
| White Balance ? | auto manual presets
| auto manual presets
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| Focus ? | auto manual
| auto manual
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| Minimum shutter time ? | 1/2.000 | 1/2.000 |
| Maximum shutter time ? | 1/6 | 1/3 |
| Apperture control ? | auto manual
| auto manual AE-Shift
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| Infrared recording ? | | No
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| Expanded Focus ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Peaking ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Signal Processing |
| Zebra ? | 70% 100% | Off 70% 100%
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| Histogram ? | No
| No
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| adjustable sharpness ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Adjustable color ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Cinegamma ? | Yes
| No
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| Black Strech ? | No
| No
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| Knee ? | No
| No
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| Colorbars ? | Yes
| No
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| Misc. |
| Shot Transition ? | No
| No
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| Custom Presets ? | Yes
| No
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| Set Time Code ? | No
| No
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Configuration
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| Connections |
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FBAS ? synonymous: RCA, composite | Out
| In Out
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YC ? synonymous: S-Video | No
| No
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YUV ? synonymous: Component Signal | Out
| Out
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| HDMI ? | Out
| No
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DV / HDV (FireWire) ? synonymous: ILink / IEEE-1394 | - | In Out
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| USB ? | USB 2.0
| USB 2.0
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| Microphone / Audio input ? | Mini-jack
| No
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| Headphones ? | also AV-output
| No
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| Lanc ? | No
| No
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| Time-code interface ? | No
| No
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| Genlock ? | No
| No
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| Accessory shoe ? | Advanced Mini
| No
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| HD-SDI ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Weight (without battery) | 450 g | 440 g |
| Weight (with battery) | 500 g | 500 g |
| Battery type | Canon BP-807
| Canon BP-310
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| Battery capacity | 890 mAh | 850 mAh |
| Charger ? | internal
| internal
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| Remote control | Yes
| Yes
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| Size |
| Height | 69 mm | 56 mm |
| Width | 70 mm | 104 mm |
| Depth | 136 mm | 106 mm |
| Relative Size ? | 6 | 6 |
| Viewfinder |
| Viewfinder available ? | No
| Yes
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| Color Viewfinder ? | - | Color
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| Viewfinder format ? | - | 16:9 |
| Viewfinder pixels ? | | 123000 Pixel |
| Display |
| Display available ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Color display ? | Color
| Color
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| Display size | 2,7 Inch | 2,7 Inch |
| Display format ? | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Display pixels ? | 211000 Pixel | 210000 Pixel |
| Touch Screen ? | No
| No
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| External controls |
| Manual Zoom ? | Rocker
| Rocker
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| Manual Focus ? | Wheel Menu Joystick
| Wheel bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Manual Aperture ? | bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
| bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Focus switcher ? | Yes
| Yes
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| ND Filter ? | No
| No
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| Exp Lock ? | No
| No
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| Gain ? | No
| No
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| White balance ? | No
| No
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| Push AF ? | No
| No
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| Audio Levels ? | No
| No
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Custom Keys ? synonymous: User buttons | 1 | No
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Audio
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| Audio Formats ? | Dolby AC-3 Digital 2 channel 48 KHz
| MiniDV: 2x48kHz 16bit PCM HDV: 2x48kHz 16bit MPEG 1
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| Microphone ? | Stereo internal Mini-jack external
| Stereo internal
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| Audio Control ? | auto manual
| auto
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| Audio levels ? | Viewfinder Screen
| No
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Still
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| Recording Medium ? | built-in flash memory SDHC card
| MiniSD
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| Medium included ? | No
| No
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| Effective pixels ? | | 2760000 Pixel |
| Resolutions ? | 3264 x 2448 | 1920x1080 1440x1080 848x480 640x480 2048 x 1536 |
| Standard ? | JPEG Exif 2.2
| JPEG Exif 2.2
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| Flash ? | Yes
| Yes
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Misc.
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| Specials | | |
Product Shots
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Test results
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| Test pictures |
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| luminance resolution | | |
| chrominance resolution | | |
| lens distortion | | |
| test small ISO image | | |
| noise / internal microphone | | |
| test picture 1200 Lux | | |
| Test image 12 lux auto-mode ? | | |
| Test image 12 lux optimized ? | | |
| slashCAM rating |
| Lowlight ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Resolution ? | Good | Very good |
| Color performance ? | Very good | Very good |
| subj.Picture impression ? | Very good | Very good |
| Optical Zoom ? | Sufficient | Sufficient |
| Wide Angle ? | Poor | Poor |
| Configuration / image ? | Good | Satisfactory |
| Configuration / sound ? | Satisfactory | Poor |
| Handling ? | Satisfactory | Sufficient |
| Portability ? | Very good | Excellent |
| Photo function ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Optics ? | Good | Satisfactory |
| Dynamics ? | Good | Satisfactory |
| Conclusion slashCAM |
| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Satisfactory
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Total score ? (maximal 570) | 344 | 318 |
| Pros | + Many manual controls
| + Excellent resolution in brightness and color + Very small + Many manual functions + 25 FPS-mode
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| Cons | - partially the operating procedures are not well conceived - no 1/25 sec. shutter speed in cinema mode - small wide angle
| - Optics only average, small wide-angle - No microphone jack - unergonomic design
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| Conclusion | The sensor´s high pixel resolution seems to reduce Canon´s usually excellent sharpness.Some missed functionalities like zebra or a manual control ring are back on bord.The menues are smoothly animated, but for examplethe intricate handling of the focus hinders a fluent workflowA little disappointing is that the big 1/2 sensor size doesn´t result in better low-light performance.So for some users Canon´s 2008 models will be more interesting, especially as these are decidedly cheaper. | The Canon HV10 has an CMOS with excellent resolution, which almost uses the HDV possibilities of brightness and color resolution to the full.The lens shows very little distorsion, but offers only a small wide angle, and throughout the focal range slight chromatic aberrations can be seen.Under lowlight conditions the HV10 performs - as expected with a camcorder in this price range - average, a better configuration rating is hinderd by lacking audio-I/O options |
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