Just received Canon HF S10

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marques

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Yes, just got the newish canon hf s10.

and I need some advice from guys more experienced than myself. (probably everyone)

1 Firstly, i never used the avchd format, which framerate is better 60i or 30p. My distribution is only about 20 to 30 people so i have no idea what kind of tv set they have and i doubt they do.:beer:

2 i edit with cs4 and will be mixing with sd footage as well. what preset should i choose for the the project. ae and premiere.

3 the camera has a mini advanced shoe. a mini advanced pain in the arse:crybaby: if you ask me. how do i attach my microphones to this thing.

4 i am not going to stick a mattebox on this little thing, so how do i use say a nd filter with a tele adapter.

5 how do i get the damn box open. :Drogar-Smoke(DBG):
 
The mini shoe requires a special mic for mounting, or a special adapter.
You will have to use an adapter for xlr mics.

I would only shoot in progressive formats, and would use 24p
It puts the footage in an interlace container, so you have to do a pulldown to get the frames as frames.

I would use Cineform to do the pulldown and then convert to 720p as it is easier to edit.
If you have a super fast computer you can edit raw AVCHD, but you will need something with either 3 gig core 2 duo with dedicated graphics, or quad core.

If editing 720p, you can either edit with the sony presets, or do a custom preset from desktop editing mode.
 
thanks for the response.

does anyone know of any mounting shoe adapters that would be good and an xlr adapter.

my prefered format would be 30p ntsc , as the final output would probably be blueray or sd dvd.

my notebook is a 2.4 dual core. what do you think
 
get the shoe adapter here: http://www.adorama.com/VDCMSFLAT.html
juicedlink makes a really good xlr adapter with pre-amps and phantom power.

if you shoot 24p or 30p it's still going to be in a 60i wrapper. i prefer the look of 24p, but that's just preference. if you're exporting to DVD, just skip the pulldown removal, then your 24p or 30p footage will import the same into a 30 frame timeline.
 
Forget the mic, go shoot some footage and post on vimeo! We're itching to see some 24P no gain footage.
 
marques, please post some real pics of what the unit looks like in real life. I won an hf100 from my work but haven't received it yet, I'm thinking of not even opening the box, selling it and getting the hf s100. Also please please post some 0db vimeo footage!
 
Sweet, didn't think they were out yet. Can you post some outdoor footage and low light footage? I'm thinking about buying a couple of these little camera's for an upcoming project to use as small b & c cameras. I was just pricing polarizers and uv haze filters for them yesterday. If you sell it to get the 100 please PM me the price you want for it.

Thanks!
 
Marques, what kind of battery record time are you getting from that camera?

Thanks again man!
 
yea, sorry bro. You had hfs100 in two places, I gues you meant sell the 100 to get the 10. I do want the hfs10.
 
firstly, where did i buy it. I live in japan and i got it from an internet company via
Kakaku.com. I paid 106 000 yen including next day delivery.
the thing is, the price is falling about 1000 yen every fifth day. so if you wait a month you should get a really cheap camera

I read somewhere that if you record 30p you dont have to do any strange unwrapping thingy. anymore in depth insight on this topic

footage could come in a couple of days, going to buy some filters before i turn it on (i once had a scratched lens)but i played with it in the store and its incredible. clean and good shallow depth of field, though a little over saturated.
 
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sorry, just searching and searching and gave up. want to use one of the avchd presets in premiere cs4 for 30p, but there are many including anamorphic whatever that means, which preset is the most suitable
 
after playing with it (the camera) today, this camera really sucks in poor lighting. my first consumer camera and i was shocked.
 
marques said:
after playing with it (the camera) today, this camera really sucks in poor lighting. my first consumer camera and i was shocked.
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I disagree. The camera does well for what it is.
I have shot side by side with the HMC150, and they shoot about the same with no gain. Where the HMC150 does better is with color saturation and you can pump up the gain without adding noise.
 
ChipG said:
Marques, what kind of battery record time are you getting from that camera?

Thanks again man!
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From what I remember, you get about 90 minutes of shooting on the small battery, and about 2.5 hours when using the large battery (819 battery)
 
ChipG said:
how is it outside in the sun?
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It is great in the sun, but kind of grainy in complex scenes.
IT is not smooth like a panasonic. Don't get me wrong, it's sharp but not smooth.

Kind of the opposite of the panasonics. They are smooth, but lacking in detail.
THe Hf s100 is detailed but not smooth.
 
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