The "Official" Canon Vixia HF10 / HF100 Owner's Thread - Page 53

I have both the Century .55x and the Canon WD-H37. After testing both and in the field, I am having a tough time deciding on which one to keep. I love the Century's small size and wider coverage, but detest the very soft edges (actually about 1/8 screen width on each side or more) and not being able to zoom. The Canon's image quality and full zoom capability is superior, but it's added size and less coverage are negatives.

I could keep both, but I hate to have $120 adapter not being used.

Just backordered the BP-819 from dell. It costs about $98 and some change. You will have to place the order over the phone though.

Amazon now shows In stock on August 26, 2008 instead of item is backordered message.

yep. the tradeoff in my mind boils down to the size. the century is small enough to keep on all the time, yet truncates the zoom range. the canon allows the whole zoom range, but is not as wide and much larger. sometimes the choices boil down to what is least objectionable.v

/guy

Yeah my Sony is the VCL-ES06 0.6x.. 37mm threading.. i guess it will do the job..

As far as the protector.. i guess ill have to try a test with it on and off and see if i can see any image degradation..

Thanks for the tips on this one.

Question for Sony Vegas owners.. when you edit the mts or m2ts files.. in Sony Vegas Pro 8.0x.. I'm guessing the optimal thing to do is to render that as m2ts or mts.. setting the resolution to 1920x1080.. I'm using Vegas 8.0a.. is it true that 8.0b has options for the full 1920x1080 @60i template, whereas 8.0a only seems to have templates for 1440x1080@60i?

Also.. i'm trying to do the custom option, set the 1920x1080.. it sets field order to progressive.. i'm guessing since i shot in 60i.. this should actually be set to upper or lower field first (which option too?)..

However, in 8.0a, after i change the output option to m2ts.. it reverts back to 1440x1080..

I was then going to use the edited m2ts file in DVD Architect 5.0 to create a bluray iso and have menus...

As usual, when I want to buy any electronics I come to AVS forum and you guys help me make the best choice for my needs. I just ordered the Canon HF100 from Amazon for $639. You all pointed out things I would not have even known to be concerned with. I always end up feeling like I made the right choice. I know I will be back here many more times to get the most out of my new camcorder. Thanks again for all the information.

Has anyone purchased an extended warranty with their camera.. I have done mack warranties before on my HD tv..

I see both repairtech and mack warranty.. didnt know if i should stick with mack or not, they both seem equally priced (around $32), but there is also this "pro" version of the mack warrany and i'm not sure it applies..

Here are both warranties under mack:

standard 2 year (part 1045): http://www.digitalfotoclub.com/produ...p?id=964754239
pro version (part 1021) : http://www.digitalfotoclub.com/produ...p?id=964588519

I'm not really sure what the differences are.. i would think the first one is the right one.. and i'm assuming if i bought it at say CC, i could just purchase the warranty straight from that site (as a for instance)?

EDIT: i think the pro is the correct one, as its valued at up to $1000, whereas the regular one is only to $500, so the mack warranty is a little more money than repair tech overall.

Pixela ImageMixer Crashes:

Don't add any files to the Pixela ImageMixer Library that were edited elsewhere. (I.e. Sony Vegas AVC.)
This causes it to crash. My solution was to delete the library in
C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\PIXELA
and then add the video files again in ImageMixer.

An other cause of crashes is the Haali Media Splitter but this has already been discussed.

anyone have any suggestions on a program that I can use to combine my 2gig mts files into one?

I'm working on a g5 imac power pc.

I'm currently using VoltaicHD to convert my files into a .mov file but i need to combine my clips that have been split up into 2gigs in order to convert it with VoltaicHD

Open the command line in Windows (Start / Run, "cmd"), then use "copy /b file1.mts file2.mts file3.mts file_combined.mts". That's all.

I updated to Vegas 8.0b.. but i still dont have the Sony AVC option of 1920x1080 under either the burn to bluray or the render as dialogs.. still only 1440x1080 etc..

Custom mode allows me to initially set it to 1920, but once i choose m2ts instead of mp4 on the last tab (under render as), it reverts to 1440..

Is there a way around this.. is noone using Vegas 8.0b in here?

Thanks

Thanks for the tip... but I'm on a mac so no start run cmd functionality over here... i might try it for shts and giggles through Terminal

if you can do it from the windows command line, you can do it from unix. unfortunately i'm too busy to look up the command right now but if it is this easy and so many people need the feature, i have to ask why someone hasn't built an applescript yet?

i'll research this on friday when i have a day off and access to my mac again. i've been seeing these posts about that copy switch working, but frankly i haven't believed that a simple dos copy could merge video files. no offense to the op, actually, i didn't think it was possible in unix either, to be fair.

/guy

Amazon has the PNY 32GB sdhc class 4 card for $129.97. What a great price, it is less than double that of the PNY 16GB mode. Thought I'll let you all know.

Anybody considering 2 bp-809s instead of one bp-819? Amazon is selling the bigger battery for twice the price of the smaller ones.

I need to read thru this tread. I pulled the trigger on one of those HF100s a few weeks back. That plus an HDTV and a PS3 completes my low budget HD setup. Being able to get home recorded HD on my tv is sweet. and the PS3 plays it back beautifully with no hassle.

well here is what I did I needed a BP-819 nut could not find it anywhere in stock so I bought a BP-809. If you need it right away the best thing to do is get a BP-809 for now and then get a BP-819 when they come in stock.

Doesn't the DVD Architect take the .mp4 file? It's really the same data in a different package.

I've always rendered to .mp4, but I've never tried making a BD disk, though.

I saw you mentioned VoltaicHD, so I assumed that you were using Windows, sorry!

It's pretty easy on unix, too:

"cat file1.mts file2.mts file3.mts > file_combined.mts"

It's easy because there's no encoding/decoding going on here, you're basically just merging binary files that were split. The file2.mts, file3.mts etc. are actually not completely valid video files (if you try playing them you'll see that you actually lose the first few frames) -- new headers, etc. are not created when the files are split.

I bought another BP809 because the 819 wasn't available and I do prefer the smaller size. The issue I see is that you have to recharge them one at a time, which is a bit of a hassle when on vacation especially if you get home late and need to recharge both batteries for the next days shooting.

Rich

Well, it will take an mp4, which is one test i did, however, the render of the disc with architect seemed to take Alot longer to render from the mp4 than an m2ts.. i also thought i read that mp4 didnt have as high of quality as m2ts.. is this incorrect?

Also.. can you or anyone else verify in Sony Vegas Pro 8.0b, if the 1920 AVC option is even there for render..

Thanks

Mine exhibits the same behavior. I wonder how fast is the interal memory. I regret paying $85 more for the HF10 now.

Id love to see some clips from you guys. Why dont we pick one of those quickfile hosting sites and share some. We can set them to be 250 megs or less. That should give us 1-2 minutes or so. Ill make a quick clip when I get home. Anybody got a good hosting site we throw some clips on. Raw clips so we get the full HD effects when played back.

www.sendspace.com allows 300MB and www.gigasize.com allows 600MB. You can always use winrar to split them into smaller files.

Not a problem man. Yea I'm running the mac version of VoltaicHD.

I actually brought in my files to work on my memory card and ran the command prompt on my work PC and it worked like a charm.

I will def try your other suggestion when i get home on my mac

Thanks again

Note the comments on the review here:

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content...l-Features.htm

So it sounds like the slow behavior is associated with the internal memory for whatever reason, as everyone is finding out.

Corel (ULead) VideoStudio 11.5 Plus.... has anyone tried this software to edit AVCHD files ? It claims to support the codec, but I have not seen any first hand reviews on the software.

will a class 4 be enough for High Def 1080 transfers?

It's more than enough, 4Mbytes/s transfers.

Can somebody verify something for me. Go to full zoom tell me whats the minimum distance you can to your subject. I noticed I could focus on something about 4 feet away and its clear but when I zoom in, it could not focus. Something as less as a little more than arms length. Just wanted to know if this is normal.

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Originally Posted by jessegun23

Not a problem man. Yea I'm running the mac version of VoltaicHD.

I actually brought in my files to work on my memory card and ran the command prompt on my work PC and it worked like a charm.

I will def try your other suggestion when i get home on my mac

Thanks again

yes! unfortunately i've been on an aggressive work cycle stuck on a windows machine here at the job so i've been unable to try any of these commands yet. but i have the 3-day weekend coming up and this will be my first priority.

i just can't believe that if its this easy, and there's obviously such a need for it, why neither toast 9 nor imovie nor quicktime pro has this seemingly simple and important feature built right in. i do have an app called 'visual hub' which will combine files, but not avchd files unfortunately.

/guy