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Canon HG21
Picture
?
Manufacturer
Canon
Name
HG21
European name
?
HG21
US name
?
VIXIA HG21
lowest US price
1100
$
On the market since
September 2008
Manufacturers URL
link to Canon
Test preview
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Canon HG21
slashCAM rating
?
Good
test picture 1200 Lux
Test image 12 lux auto-mode
Video
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Canon HG21
Video formats
?
AVCHD
Recording Medium
Built-in hard disk
SD Card
SDHC card
video resolutions EU
?
AVCHD 1440 x 1080/50i
AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i
AVCHD 1920 x 1080/25p
video resolutions US
?
AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i
AVCHD 1920 x 1080/24p
AVCHD 1440 x 1080/60i
AVCHD 1440 x 1080/24p
AVCHD 1920 x 1080/30p
AVCHD 1440 x 1080/30p
Max Bitrate
?
24 Mbit/s
Compression format
?
MPEG4
on-board memory
?
120 GB
Optics
Optics Manufacturer
?
Canon
Optical Zoom
?
12 x
Wide Angle 16:9
?
43,6 mm
Filter diameter
?
37 mm
Image Stabilization
?
optical
ND Filter
?
No
Exchangable optics
?
No
Image Sensor
Number of sensors
?
1
Size of image sensor
?
1/3,2 inch
image sensor effective pixel count 16:9
?
2070000 Pixel
Image Sensor Type
?
CMOS
Controls
White Balance
?
auto
manual
presets
Focus
?
auto
manual
Minimum shutter time
?
1/2.000
Maximum shutter time
?
1/2
Apperture control
?
auto
manual
AE-Shift
Infrared recording
?
Yes
Expanded Focus
?
Yes
Peaking
?
Yes
Signal Processing
Zebra
?
Off
Histogram
?
Yes
adjustable sharpness
?
Yes
Adjustable color
?
Yes
Cinegamma
?
Yes
Black Strech
?
No
Knee
?
No
Colorbars
?
No
Misc.
Shot Transition
?
No
Custom Presets
?
No
Set Time Code
?
No
Configuration
Connections
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Canon HG21
FBAS
?
synonymous: RCA, composite
Out
YC
?
synonymous: S-Video
No
YUV
?
synonymous: Component Signal
Out
HDMI
?
Out
DV / HDV (FireWire)
?
synonymous: ILink / IEEE-1394
USB
?
USB 2.0
Microphone / Audio input
?
Mini-jack
Headphones
?
Mini-jack
Lanc
?
No
Time-code interface
?
No
Genlock
?
No
Accessory shoe
?
Advanced Mini
HD-SDI
?
No
Misc.
Weight (without battery)
490 g
Weight (with battery)
Battery type
Canon BP-2L13
Battery capacity
Charger
?
internal
Remote control
Yes
Size
Height
80 mm
Width
77 mm
Depth
139 mm
Relative Size
?
8
Viewfinder
Viewfinder available
?
Yes
Color Viewfinder
?
Color
Viewfinder format
?
16:9
Viewfinder pixels
?
123000 Pixel
Display
Display available
?
Yes
Color display
?
Color
Display size
2,7 Inch
Display format
?
16:9
Display pixels
?
211000 Pixel
Touch Screen
?
No
External controls
Manual Zoom
?
Rocker
Manual Focus
?
Joystick
Manual Aperture
?
Joystick
Focus switcher
?
No
ND Filter
?
No
Exp Lock
?
No
Gain
?
No
White balance
?
No
Push AF
?
No
Audio Levels
?
No
Custom Keys
?
synonymous: User buttons
No
Audio
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Canon HG21
Audio Formats
?
Dolby AC-3 Digital 2 channel 48 KHz
Microphone
?
Stereo internal
Mini-jack external
Audio Control
?
auto
manual
Audio levels
?
Viewfinder
Screen
Still
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Canon HG21
Recording Medium
?
SD Card
Medium included
?
No
Effective pixels
?
2760000 Pixel
Resolutions
?
1920x1080
1440x1080
848x480
640x480
2048 x 1536
Standard
?
JPEG Exif 2.2
Flash
?
Yes
Misc.
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Canon HG21
Specials
25 P-Mode
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Test results
Test pictures
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Canon HG21
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
?
Good
Resolution
?
Good
Color performance
?
Very good
subj.Picture impression
?
Very good
Optical Zoom
?
Sufficient
Wide Angle
?
Poor
Configuration / image
?
Satisfactory
Configuration / sound
?
Satisfactory
Handling
?
Sufficient
Portability
?
Very good
Photo function
?
Satisfactory
Optics
?
Good
Dynamics
?
Good
Conclusion slashCAM
slashCAM rating
?
Good
Total score
?
(maximal 570)
342
Pros
+ sharpness and colors practically at the upper limit of AVCHD
+ Many manual controls
Cons
- No zebra function
- no 1/25 sec. shutter speed in cinema mode
- small wide angle
- manual focus control badly implemented
Conclusion
Like its predecessors this cam satisfies with its very good image sharpness and the good manual controlsThe small wide-angle and missing zebra-function must be critizised.In comparison some competitors have notably better displays (Sony SR11/12) and more external manual controls (Sony SR11/12, CX11, Panasonic HS100, SD100).
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Canon HG21
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Comparison
Canon HG21 compared to Canon HF G10
Canon HG21 compared to Panasonic HDC-HS900
Canon HG21 compared to Panasonic HDC-SD707
Canon HG21 compared to Panasonic HDC-HS700
Canon HG21 compared to Sony HDR-CX690
Canon HG21 compared to Sony HDR-XR550V
Canon HG21 compared to Panasonic HDC-SD600
Canon HG21 compared to JVC GZ-HM960
Canon HG21 compared to Panasonic HDC-TM350
Canon HG21 compared to Panasonic HDC-HS300
Canon HG21 compared to Panasonic HDC-SD300
Canon HG21 compared to Canon HF21
Canon HG21 compared to Sony HDR-XR500V
Canon HG21 compared to Canon HF S11
Canon HG21 compared to JVC GC-PX10
Canon HG21 compared to Canon HF S21
Canon HG21 compared to Canon HF S20
Canon HG21 compared to Canon HF S100
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Please consider that these data have been entered into this database by human beings.Also, the technical information provided by the manufacturers are at times contradictory, incomplete and sometimes even incorrect.Although we take great care checking all information, we can not gurantee for its correctness.Should you find this data to have some omission or error, please let us know! Mail:
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