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Product name Canon HG10 40GB  
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Display
Screen Type LCD
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is a screen made of buoyant crystal. These screens are very flat and small on camcorders. The LCD screen enables you to see the result of your filming directly on the screen. In effect it works like a small TV.
Screen Size 2.7 inch  
Screen Resolution 211000 pixels  
Image resolution
Effective Pixels 2.07 Megapixels Effective megapixel resolution for still pictures.
Total MegaPixels 2.96 Megapixels Megapixel resolution for still pictures.
Digital Still Pictures Yes  
Progressive Scan for Photos No With a progressive shutter the image is captured in one sweep, as opposed to an interlaced mode where every second line is recorded in one sweep and the remaining lines in the following sweep. With pr ...
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Video
Recording Format Hard Drive What is the recording format of the video camera?
VHS-C - VHS-Compact format. Like a traditional VHS cassette but smaller. The same resolution as traditional VHS.
8 mm - A small ...
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HDV Recording HDV 1080i  
Video Resolution 1920x1080  
Sensor
Sensor Type CMOS The sensor is the "eye" of a the camera. It is a device similar to a computer chip, which senses light focused on its surface, like electronic film.
CCD is one of two main types of image sensor. ...
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Sensor Size 1/2.7 inch This value is measured against a 35mm slide or negative.
Lens/Zoom
Digital Zoom 200 x Digital zoom is a function used to make the image seem more close-up. This type of zoom will result in a loss of quality because the image is simply being enlarged.
Optical Zoom 10 x Optical zoom means that the lense physically extends to magnify your subject. A motor controls the lens movement. When you press the switch to "W" or "T," the subject is either magnified or reduced in ...
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Filter Size 43.0 mm  
Focal Length (Wide-Tele) 6.1-61 mm Indicates the magnification and angle of view of a lens. The human eye sees things roughly the same as a 45mm focal length of a lens for a 35mm camera. Anything shorter is classed as a wide-angle, while longer focal lengths are telephoto.
Aperture (Wide-tele) F1.8-F3 An adjustable opening inside the camcorder that limits the amount of light passing through a lens or onto a mirror.
Auto Focus Yes  
Manual Focus Yes  
White Balance Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H Normally our eyes compensate for lighting conditions with different color temperatures. A Camcorder needs to find a reference point which represents white. It will then calculate all the other colors ...
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Image Stabilization Yes (Optical) Optical, or hardware, image stabilization produces the best results, and consists of either a gyro mechanism that detects small movements of the lens and compensates for them or, for digital camcorder ...
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Settings
Exposure Control Auto, Manual A setting in which the electric current produced or inhibited by the action of light on a photoelectric cell operates a mechanism that adjusts the aperture and/or the shutter speed.
Viewfinder, display
Viewfinder Colour Color  
Viewfinder Size 0.27  
Viewfinder resolution 123000 pixels  
Storage
Built-in Memory Yes  
Built-in Storage Size 40.0 GB  
Audio
Sound Stereo A video camera plays either in mono or stereo sound. Stereo sound creates a greater audio experience.
Measures
Dimensions (HxWxD) 76.2x81.28x129.54 mm  
Weight 499 grams What is the weight of the video camera (grams)?
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Manufacturer Canon  
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Product home page English  


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