Canon HG21 Camcorder

Excellent Camcorder Harddisk

Increasingly popular of format HDV (High Definition Video) and increasingly the many video editor software that is supporting this format makes Canon dare to give capacities extra 120GB, at Canon HG21. Video format applied by this camcorder is fairish AVCHD framed 1920×1080 pixels. File compression method at Canon HG21 is tuned not too aggressive causing yields record with quality and fairish enough big.

Two video recording modus choices, that is Scene and Movie is feature which enough draws to all videographer wishing video record with nuance alike wide screen films. Both this feature can be activated not requiring tuning many video recording parameters. Besides, navigation system of this peripheral applies joystick so that enough protecting consumer when tuning record configuration. LCD Screen can be turned around 180 degrees so that record object or talent can see record. In examination which does, there is no difficulty when removing result of video record to computer. Unhappily, Canon doesn’t figure in codec or software wafting to change record from format AVCHD to format which more popular, for example MPEG2.

Improvement of Speed of data stream becomes 54 Mbit/second from before all 17 Mbit/second ( at series HG20) simply requires specification of computer that is enough height to turn around and also strand. Computer as of class Pentium 2,8GHz, LOUVRE 1GB which we apply once in a while seen at a loss when turning around format video AVCHD. When we try to turn around result of record directly in camcorder, simply some record cuttings that is apart is played directly, without interval. If we like to makes it is turned around separately, consumer must add interval with facility provided.

Result of video record with the sun light source seen enough matured and color solid (saturated). Detail in part of dark or shadow (shadow) stand-out and so do in part of light (highlight) relatively admits of defended. a times, we also tries records video in room with help of video lamp 1000 Watts. When starting records, neutral indirect picture color temperature, but requires time around 10 seconds to normal of color temperature so that brass nuance loses. Hence, we suggest consumer to do adjustment of white balance beforehand before starting records video. This thing we need to remind, because Canon HG21 doesn’t provide hotshoe, so that video lamp help external is option which must be considered by consumer.

Focus performance Canon HG21 enough. Proven this when we record in room with patch up light (available light) from window. One thing which we regret from focus system is inexistence of bangle (ring) manual focus.

SPECIFICATION OF Canon HG21

File format video/audio/photo: Digital HDV-AVCHD/DOLBY of 2 channel (AC3 2 channel) 48 sampling kHz frequency/JPEG.

Lens: focus 4, 8-58 mm.

Picture stabilizer system optically

Optical Zoom of 12X.

Digital Zoom of 200X.

Light censor type: CMOS

Resolution of Video: 1920×1080 pixels

Speed of video rotary: 24 frame/s

Media keeps record: Harddisk 120 Gigabytes.

Secure Digital (SD) card.

Electrical resource: Battery Lithium ion.

System white balance: TTL (Trough The Lens).

Type connection: USB 20, HDMI, INPUT microphone external, output jack 3,5mm for headphone

Focus system: Automatically (there is no manual focus bangle).

LCD Measure: 2, 7″, can be revolves 180 degrees.

Video file compression method: H26