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Model
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| Canon HF S10 | Sony HDR-SR10 |
| Picture ? | | |
| Manufacturer | Canon 
| Sony 
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| Name | HF S10 | HDR-SR10 |
| European name ? | Legria HF S10 | HDR-SR10E |
| US name ? | VIXIA HF S10 | HDR-SR10 |
| lowest US price | 799 $ | |
| On the market since | April 2009 | March 2008 |
| Manufacturers URL | link to Canon | link to Sony |
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Test preview
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| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Good
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| test picture 1200 Lux | | |
| Test image 12 lux auto-mode | | |
Video
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| Video formats ? | AVCHD
| AVCHD
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| Recording Medium | SDHC card built-in flash memory
| Built-in hard disk Memory Stick PRO Duo
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| video resolutions EU ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/25p
| AVCHD 1440 x 1080/50i MPEG2 720 x756/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i
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| video resolutions US ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/24p AVCHD 1920 x 1080/30p
| AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1440 x 1080/60i MPEG2 720 x 480/60i
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| Max Bitrate ? | 24 Mbit/s | 16 Mbit/s |
| Compression format ? | MPEG4
| MPEG2 MPEG4
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| on-board memory ? | 32 GB | 40 GB |
| Optics |
| Optics Manufacturer ? | Canon
| Carl Zeiss
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| Optical Zoom ? | 10 x | 15 x |
| Wide Angle 16:9 ? | 43,6 mm | 40 mm |
| Filter diameter ? | 58 mm | 30 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 | 1/5 inch |
| image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ? | 6010000 Pixel | 1490000 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 | 1/800 |
| Maximum shutter time ? | 1/6 | 1/2 |
| Apperture control ? | auto manual
| auto manual
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| Infrared recording ? | | Yes
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| Expanded Focus ? | Yes
| No
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| Peaking ? | Yes
| No
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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
| No
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| Adjustable color ? | Yes
| No
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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
| Out
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YC ? synonymous: S-Video | No
| Out
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YUV ? synonymous: Component Signal | Out
| Out
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| HDMI ? | Out
| Out
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DV / HDV (FireWire) ? synonymous: ILink / IEEE-1394 | - | - |
| 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
| AI
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| HD-SDI ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Weight (without battery) | 450 g | 480 g |
| Weight (with battery) | 500 g | 560 g |
| Battery type | Canon BP-807
| Sony NP-FH60
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| Battery capacity | 890 mAh | 1000 mAh |
| Charger ? | internal
| internal
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| Remote control | Yes
| Yes
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| Size |
| Height | 69 mm | 76 mm |
| Width | 70 mm | 81 mm |
| Depth | 136 mm | 129 mm |
| Relative Size ? | 6 | 7 |
| Viewfinder |
| Viewfinder available ? | No
| No
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| Color Viewfinder ? | - | - |
| Viewfinder format ? | - | - |
| Viewfinder pixels ? | | |
| 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 | 211200 Pixel |
| Touch Screen ? | No
| Yes
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| External controls |
| Manual Zoom ? | Rocker
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| Manual Focus ? | Wheel Menu Joystick
| Menu
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| Manual Aperture ? | bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
| Menu
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| Focus switcher ? | Yes
| No
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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
| AC-3 Dolby Digital 5.1 640 kbit max.
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| Microphone ? | Stereo internal Mini-jack external
| 5.1 Internal
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| Audio Control ? | auto manual
| auto
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| Audio levels ? | Viewfinder Screen
| Screen
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Still
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| Recording Medium ? | built-in flash memory SDHC card
| Memory Stick Duo
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| Medium included ? | No
| No
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| Effective pixels ? | | 1990000 Pixel |
| Resolutions ? | 3264 x 2448 | 2304x1728 640x480 2304x1296 |
| 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 | Good |
| Color performance ? | Very good | Good |
| subj.Picture impression ? | Very good | Very good |
| Optical Zoom ? | Sufficient | Satisfactory |
| Wide Angle ? | Poor | Sufficient |
| Configuration / image ? | Good | Satisfactory |
| Configuration / sound ? | Satisfactory | Sufficient |
| Handling ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Portability ? | Very good | Very good |
| Photo function ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Optics ? | Good | Good |
| Dynamics ? | Good | Good |
| Conclusion slashCAM |
| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Good
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Total score ? (maximal 570) | 344 | 333 |
| Pros | + Many manual controls
| + very sharp under good lighting
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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
| - lowlight - no manual aperture control
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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. | Compared to the SR11 this cheaper modell has a smaller hard disk, no control ring, a less sharp display, no view-finder a a smaller image sensor resulting in worse lowlight pictures.Many users will prefer paying additional 300 EuroMovie makers will look for manual aperture-control - which is only to be found in competing models.Holiday videomakers who trust automatic controls and don´t want to shoot in the dark will be satistied with good image quality for a good price. |
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