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post #4111 of 4132
7/3/12 at 12:19pm
Hi. What kind of UV filter did you use that allows the hood room to be put back on?
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post #4112 of 4132
7/17/12 at 8:45pm
Extreme noob here. On the G10 what mode / settings are best for editing a smoother slow motion effect in post?
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post #4113 of 4132
7/21/12 at 5:39am
I have the HF G10 and recently I have had trouble with recording. I was recording in the house and it did fine then went outside and it didn't record although on the lcd screen did indicate that it was. This happened on two different occasions. There is one thing that both instances have in common is that I have taken the camcorder from a cool environment to a humid one. The camcorder lens did fog up but I let the camera set until it cleared the started recording. The camera is only two weeks old .Anyone else have this problem? Thanks
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post #4114 of 4132
8/18/12 at 7:56pm
There is a new book out titled "A Field Guide To Canon G10 and XA10 I highly recommend for both newbies and experienced videographers. A large online retailer whose name begins with the letter "A" has it f or about $25 and free shipping. I think it only came out a couple of months ago, June 2012.
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post #4115 of 4132
8/19/12 at 5:36pm
I just wanted to post a video I shot with a Canon XA-10 My son & I did a promotional video for our church. Check it out if you wish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAYq4_55wtg&list=UU6zEj-i9fmJpJm4X6-86C9Q&index=1&feature=plcp
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post #4116 of 4132
8/26/12 at 12:18pm
Firmware 1.0.3.0 - Can anyone confirm their Fstop only goes to 2.0 with this firmware? Camera came with 1.0.2.0 and it would go to 1.8

Just got the camera so I'm not sure if it defaulted to something I'm now missing to get the other settings back.
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post #4117 of 4132
8/26/12 at 12:40pm
Wouldn't go below 2.0. Changed resolution to 1280 and it went to 1.8. Back to 1920 and it seems to allow 1.8 anytime. Strange.
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post #4118 of 4132
8/27/12 at 12:39pm
Hi All;

I happened to watch the 2011 "Tiburon" episode of Les Stroud's "Survivorman 10 days" last night. I'm pretty sure he had at least two Canon XF 100s with him on the island. Can anyone confirm that? I also liked the various time-lapse sequences, and I'm pretty sure that the ones in daylight were done with the XF100s' interval mode.

However, he also had great night time lapse that showed a huge number of stars, even a bit of the Milky Way. In my experience, that kind of night-time brightness takes at least a 10 sec exposure and typically done with a DSLR in interval mode; I don't think the XF100, could render the night sky that bright, even with the shutter set for 1/2 sec or even 1 sec.

TIA to any XF100 owners who can comment on this!

Raargh
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post #4119 of 4132
9/3/12 at 7:13pm
What's the scoop with the .CPI files?

I've got an XA10 and I know the .CPI files are some sort of information files, but do we need them?
They come along with the .MTS files when you download raw video to the pc...

Anyone know all particulars about these?
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post #4120 of 4132
9/13/12 at 5:49am
haloooo guys.. its been awhile.

just got into mountain biking and enjoying it so much that im thinking of taking videos while on the trail. most common option to do this is shell out $300 for a GOPRO camera.

but why do this when i have the HF G10?

so my question would be if anybody here has gone this route and more importantly if anyone can recommend a bike mount that i can trust my G10 with...


thanks guys.
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post #4121 of 4132
9/13/12 at 7:12am
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Originally Posted by bigboygelo View Post

haloooo guys.. its been awhile.
just got into mountain biking and enjoying it so much that im thinking of taking videos while on the trail. most common option to do this is shell out $300 for a GOPRO camera.
but why do this when i have the HF G10?

hf g10 is not shock proof, dirt proof, water proof.....

get a sony hdr as15 action cam... instead for hero 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWH74VAcqYs&feature=player_embedded
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post #4122 of 4132
12/7/12 at 8:38am
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Originally Posted by notlad View Post

There is a new book out titled "A Field Guide To Canon G10 and XA10 I highly recommend for both newbies and experienced videographers. A large online retailer whose name begins with the letter "A" has it f or about $25 and free shipping. I think it only came out a couple of months ago, June 2012.

thanks for the heads up on the book. Just got a hf g10 refurb and I'm sure it'll be real handy for a noob as I in the field of photography/videography. I hear it's best in Manual mode, any settings in manual mode would be appreciated as to indoors and other settings for outdoor use. We'll be using the camcorder mostly indoors and night shoots
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post #4123 of 4132
12/11/12 at 8:59am
more or less I'm gonna have to read that book, then. To get the best out of this camcorder is in Manual mode and not Auto I guess. Steep learning curve here as I never took a photo/camera class. Just going into Manual mode I can see the difference in output adjusting the shutter and f stoops. Thanks anyways!
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post #4124 of 4132
1/19/13 at 11:18am
I use a wide angle lens with this camcorder and it wont fit in any bag I have. I want to leave the lens, along with the lens hood on all the time. Does anyone have a bag recommendation thats fairly compact but just large enough to accomdate this camcorder with a wide angle lens and an additional microphone sitting on top. This is the lens by the way:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/751265-REG/Canon_4892B001_WD_H58W_0_8x_Wide_Converter.html
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post #4125 of 4132
1/20/13 at 1:56am
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Originally Posted by Ou8thisSN View Post

I use a wide angle lens with this camcorder and it wont fit in any bag I have. I want to leave the lens, along with the lens hood on all the time. Does anyone have a bag recommendation thats fairly compact but just large enough to accomdate this camcorder with a wide angle lens and an additional microphone sitting on top. This is the lens by the way:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/751265-REG/Canon_4892B001_WD_H58W_0_8x_Wide_Converter.html

That lens is costly in the extreme and there is no tele zoom lens for the cam as far as i know,the worst point with the XA 10,I have one on order,i hope i wont regret.
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post #4126 of 4132
1/20/13 at 5:09pm
there is an optically matched XA-10/ G10 tele zoom lens by canon (TL-H58 ), but like the wide angle lens above expensive although there is lesser alternatives...

Check out the Accessories at the bottom of this xa-10 link
http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_270654_-1
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post #4127 of 4132
1/21/13 at 6:30pm
I think you misread my post, I already have that wide lens. I was just wondering if anyone had that same sort of setup with their own vixia g10 and what camcorder bag they were using to haul it around in.
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post #4128 of 4132
3/20/13 at 12:02pm
Hello I'm new to this forum but have been reading the post from page 1 to 49 the last few days. I pick up a Canon HF G10 on December 23 2012. I paid $1099 for it at Best Buy. I will say I'm still learning it and studying how to get the best shoots. I hope warm weather get to Indiana before long. I have been playing with video from the late 90's I had a Sony DV camcorder. Most of my video stuff for the last for the last 13 years have be form my motorcycle. I started out using a bullet cam going in to the Sony to store the video. Then in 2010 the GoPro HD came out and went to using it.

I pick the Canon HF G10 because I wanted to start doing more stuff with video. I also pick up a Canon DSLR t3 D1100 for stills. I know it's their low end DSLR but a good start for learn digital photography. I do like to shoot video from a tripod but I do walk around with it some. One thing I have maybe learn for reading the post is to trun off dynamic image stabilzation or I think. One thing I know to is my video is not going to look like hollywood unless everyshot id planned out and staged. I hope I will be able to maybe pick your brain some on some of the settings you all use but I hope to figer them out myself. Here is a link to my playing around over the last few years. Like I said learning to get better this year. A reitired auto worker.

https://vimeo.com/#/home/myvideos
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post #4129 of 4132
3/20/13 at 12:35pm
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Originally Posted by Mike_Bishop View Post

Hello I'm new to this forum but have been reading the post from page 1 to 49 the last few days. I pick up a Canon HF G10 on December 23 2012. I paid $1099 for it at Best Buy. I will say I'm still learning it and studying how to get the best shoots. I hope warm weather get to Indiana before long. I have been playing with video from the late 90's I had a Sony DV camcorder. Most of my video stuff for the last for the last 13 years have be form my motorcycle. I started out using a bullet cam going in to the Sony to store the video. Then in 2010 the GoPro HD came out and went to using it.

I pick the Canon HF G10 because I wanted to start doing more stuff with video. I also pick up a Canon DSLR t3 D1100 for stills. I know it's their low end DSLR but a good start for learn digital photography. I do like to shoot video from a tripod but I do walk around with it some. One thing I have maybe learn for reading the post is to trun off dynamic image stabilzation or I think. One thing I know to is my video is not going to look like hollywood unless everyshot id planned out and staged. I hope I will be able to maybe pick your brain some on some of the settings you all use but I hope to figer them out myself. Here is a link to my playing around over the last few years. Like I said learning to get better this year. A reitired auto worker.

https://vimeo.com/#/home/myvideos

Mike,

Your link didn't work. Please try again!

Bill
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post #4130 of 4132
3/20/13 at 6:17pm
ok here is a link to one of the videos. I hope it works
https://vimeo.com/61437379

If that link do't work might have to take the s off the http.

http://vimeo.com/61437379
Edited by Mike_Bishop - 3/21/13 at 6:48pm
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post #4131 of 4132
3/21/13 at 12:48am
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Originally Posted by flintyplus View Post

That lens is costly in the extreme and there is no tele zoom lens for the cam as far as i know,the worst point with the XA 10,I have one on order,i hope i wont regret.

Well i bought the 1.5x TL-H58 but use it mainly on the 45-200mm GH2 micro lens,i have since bought the cheaper 2x http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000IOM4Z2/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and it is fine on my XA10 with more zoom length.
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post #4132 of 4132
5/7/13 at 12:37am
you have to have the cam set up for manual shooting and choose which things you would like to control ie.. manual settings etc.. you can designate which operations you want it to handle in the menu setting for the custom button function.
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