Canon HG10 AVCHD Hard Disk Drive Camcorder

Canon unveiled its latest hard disk drive based camcorder, the new Canon HG10 AVCHD Camcorder. Capable of recording up to 15 hours of high definition videos, the HG10 comes with a bundle of features including Genuine Canon 10x HD Video lens, Full HD CMOS image sensor and the proprietary Digic DV II Image Processor.

Housed in a compact casing the AVCHD HG10 camcorder is equipped with a 40GB hard drive. It captures images at 1920x1080 resolution. One of the things that set apart this camcorder from others is the Instant AF system which improves on conventional autofocus speed and accuracy. To top it all, the camcorder has a special 24p Cinema Mode that gives all your videos the look and feel of film (true 24 frames per second with progressive scanning).

The camcorder can also take still photos at 3.1 megapixel resolution and save them on a miniSD card. A Photo Grab function on the HG10 allows you to grab 2.0 megapixel stills from your video footage during playback. Canon has equipped the HG10 HD camcorder with a new Navigation Control Dial on the LCD panel for easy menu navigation.

The camcorder boasts a bright 2.7" widescreen vivid LCD that can be viewed from a wide angle. Or plug it in to your HDTV thanks to its included HDMI terminal.

Priced at US $1,299, the Canon HG10 HD Camcorder will be out in October 2007.