Canon HG10 Expert Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 508 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the viewfinder. The zoom also impresses, but many are less positive about the control panel.

Viewfinder, Zoom, Design, Image

Control panel, Memory, Battery, Usability

Experts rate this product 82/100 and users 86/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders, the Canon HG10 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 95/100 = Excellent quality.

Canon HG10It's been a longish wait, but Canon will finally premiere its first hard-disk based camcorder this October, the AVCHD-compatible HG10. Based on the innards and lens of the HV20, the HG10 nevertheless uses an almost completely different ...

The HG10 is Canon's first HDD AVCHD camcorder. It is small and well balanced, and it comes with a 1/2.7" CMOS sensor and a host of new features that all add up to great-looking HD video

Excellent video quality with very accurate color quality

No manual focus ring No manual audio level adjustments

A small camcorder packed with features that result in excellent HD video quality.

The Canon HG10 is perhaps the most compelling of a new format of camcorders, called AVCHD. Simply put, AVCHD has freed high definition video from tape-based media, allowing it to be captured to DVD, hard disk drive (HDD), and flash memory - all ...

The video performance is by far the best AVCHD camcorder has produced to date. Built on the same imaging system as Canon's stellar HDV camcorder, the HV20, the Canon HG10 has a large 1/2.7-inch CMOS sensor with 2,960,000 pixels. The resulting video ...

but it remains to be seen whether the internal rechargeable battery will be able to withstand marathon video capture sessions.

The Canon HR10 is a looker, both in person and by the specs sheet. Despite the first class pedigree of the imaging system (identical to the HV20), we were still skeptical of the AVCHD codec, which has given other manufacturers problems with motion. ...

The Canon HG10 is perhaps the most compelling of a new format of camcorders, called AVCHD. Simply put, AVCHD has freed high definition video from tape-based media, allowing it to be captured to DVD, hard disk drive (HDD), and flash memory - all ...

The name Canon has always meant photographic and broadcast television cameras with optical excellence, advanced image processing, superb performance, and the latest in technological...