Canon HF20 / HF200 Official Owner's Thread - Page 27

Now I got that my 3rd >3000mAh battery and it works also
at least this battery model work with HF200 and 1.0.5.0 firmware and it's with reasonable price $14.99

Thanks very much for that Post!! I Ordered one as well...
Will be happy to see a battery that 'reports' to the 200 camera without an issue!!!

Thanks again!!!

Now if someone would make a great mike that fit the hot shoe on the HF200 for a reasonable price......................

Does the HF200 have the capability to record in slow motion? I've been reading through the manual and haven't come across any info yet.


Kevin.

Today I got the Battery from the site indicated below...
YES!!! IT WORKS WITH THE NEW FIRMWARE!! YIPPEE!!

I purchased a Vixia HF200 the other day. I need a bigger SD card.

I noticed some posts a long while back about the Class of the SanDisk.

I wonder what is the latest news.

I thinking about a SanDisk extreme class 6 or higher. There was discussion about the camera not recognizing higher than class 4 or lower.

I am sure it is on the thread and not wanting to read all 27 pages, I am asking for your patience and help.

Thanks in advance for your prompt response.

Reg Gupton

Class 4 or 6 will work fine on the camera in all modes. Class 10 won't work without the firmware upgrade described above. Less than class 4 will limit you to low bit rate recording. I've not seen any differences between extreme or not, nor by brand.

What Eckerput said... However... The firmware upgrade at Canon was FREE
And I'm happy I did it! Not for now, but in a couple years, when

Thanks for your reply. It seems I read on one of the pages of quotes that one must send the camera in to upgrade the firmware.

Please let me know if that is true.

Thanks for your reply and the information. Looks like Class 6 might be a good investment as the prices seem to have come down over time.

That is true, you have to send it to them for the upgrade.

I posted a couple months ago about my USB port no longer working to transfer pics or videos (although I can still pull out the card and stick it in the computer card reader). Anyone have any ideas about this issue?

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Suddenly, after a couple of years where the HF200 worked fine to transfer to the computer, now when I plug the USB cable into the computer and camera it does NOT trigger the pop-up to tranfers video via Pixala and photos via Windows Live or whatever. Nothing happens. I tried different USB cables and different computers, no help. It is still possible to read the pictures and videos off the SD card itself by plugging that into a card reader.

Although nothing happens when I hook up the USB cord, and even if I wait one minute or longer, when I turn off the power supply I get the warning message: "Task in Progress Do Not disconnect the power supply."

So it seems like the camera knows it is trying to open a connection to the computer but it just can't do it.

Suggestions, theories?

I was discussing the firmware upgrade with a friend, and he asked me about a test he saw me do........ I took the HF200 to work, and connected the HDMI output to a HDMI/HDSDI converter... and it worked! (In other words -- Signal passed -- No Copy Protection)

He asked me if I had tested this since the firmware update?

No..... I'll take it to work again, and test this week....

I have not yet had time to test the new firmware with a HDMI>HDSDI converter yet...

But I have another question....

Has anyone found a menu for setting the overscan in the view finder display? I'm finding the image displayed on the viewfinder is less than is being recorded.... In other words you have more image recorded All edges of pix.... than what you see in the viewfinder...

Thanks...

Hello... I have a Canon HF200 camera, and it already has Firmware Version 1.0.5.0 installed by you folks....

Something I've noticed as I shoot.... What I see on the fold out display is different than what I record....

For example.... Let's say I shoot a test pattern, and frame up the chart such that it fills the viewfinder dispaly....
I get something wider.....

Attached you'll find a picture that I exported from PPRO, showing a much wider playback than the image I saw in the viewfinder....

Is there a way of making the viewfinder display what I'm shooting?

Thank You... Jan

The Canons are known for 5-10% underscan. Or overscan, depending on how you look at it.

Does scrolling through the DISP button options make it full view? Or maybe holding it down for a second?

When the HF20/200 came out, (from what I remember); I thought this issue with the LCD screen, that was present in the earlier HF100/10/11/ was addressed.

We appreciate your continued correspondence regarding your Vixia HF200.

Again the LCD is suppose to show around 100% of the recording area, it is hard to say whether this was something that occurred during the update or not, if this is not something that you noticed before then that maybe a possibility. There is not a way to calibrate or adjust the viewing area in the LCD screen through the camcorder, this is something that you would need to send in to see if it can be corrected.

Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance with your Vixia HF200.

Thank you for choosing Canon.

Sincerely,

Nathan
Technical Support Representative

That's about what I'm seeing....

I finally got around to taking the HF200 to work, and connected it to an AJA-HA5 converter, which converts HDMI to HDSDI....

There is NO errors in the conversion, and the HDSDI Eye pattern looked really nice!!

No Problems since the firmware upgrade!!
I used a Leader LV5800 Scope with V8.7 firmware to evaluate the HDSDI signal...

I've been away from the forum for a few. I have a HF20. I apologize if this has been answered before.
Is there a way to set continuos file numbers to the video without it resetting every time I transfer my filesto my computer? I keep all my original files and I have to change the previous ones or it wants to overwrite the old ones.
Also I guess there is a firmware update and i have read that you have to send it in? What is the reason that it can't be done by owner? What is the update change?
Thanks and sorry if I'm asking things that have been answered.
I'm getting a new pc soon and I will finally be able to edit and burn my video. I haven't been able to for two years. To slow and painful on my macs.

Hi guys, Ive had the HF200 for a couple years and have never been able to connect it to my computer to transfer videos. Ive had to take the SD card out and plug it into my pc to transfer the files. I recently built a computer and it doesnt have a memory card reader, and I want to be able to easily and automatically transfer files like my Canon 7D does, by opening up the EOS Utility and clicking, "Starts to download images", but a version of this for the HF200.

When I plug in the HF200 to my pc it says something like, "USB Device not recognized", "Driver did not load correctly". I just cant figure out why I cant get this camera to automatically transfer the videos for me. Any help?!! Thank you!

Did you try every USB port? Front/back..
Are all you drivers up to date?

You have to be in playback mode on your camera.
If you do get connected, the mts video files are in the Stream folder.

Looks like I figured it out brethren. I simply plugged my camera via USB into the computer's rear USB ports and it worked perfectly. After all these years, that's all I needed to do.....

I've had my camera since 2010. I use it to film a lot of sports events. I probably use my camera more than the average consumer and in conditions the average person does not.

In the last 6 months I have noticed that when zooming in, the lens will get stuck, because I can see the image shift and feel and hear it when it happens.

I have also noticed at full zoom some lens jitter. The lens jitter happened to me last night, indoors, so I know it wasn't a temperature issue. I have not been able to keep track of the exact circumstances when the lens issues happen.

Anyone have lens issues like this? I am worried that this is the start of a larger problem.

I've had much better speed copying the entire SD card to a drive(s) than trying to connect via USB...
When I have multiple cards, I name the top directory by the project name (vacation 2012), and then Disk 1, Disk2, each of which get all the files of the SD card.... This works so good I just never tried to connect the camera via USB...

I'll try via USB and post back here in a few minutes

Yes, I did not get any activity via USB, either... I used a USB cable from a portable drive...

OK... Here's how it works:

Connect USB from HF200 to computer...

Turn on Camera..

Go into Playback mode.... THEN USB WILL BE SEEN!

But... Then it prompts you to plug in power adapter... Won't work until then...

After it 'sees' the power adapter... It downloads driver (W7-64 here)...

However... It will play, but if you shoot 1080/24M sec....

Looks to drop frames regularly.....

Naw, it's easier for me to move the disk, and put it on a drive array....

Hi!

Is there a way to update the firmware without taking the camera to Canon???

I have been asked for 50 euros by Canon - Greece in order to do it for me.

Problem is I can't find the file anywhere in Canon support...

Can anyone please help?

From the conversations I've had via voice and email....

No.... There is No Way you can do the firmware update yourself.... Has to go to Canon....

Doesn't make sense.... but that's their story......