NB The Canon HF10 is the same as the HF100, except you have to buy the flash card for the HF100. And it is black, the 100 is silver :( And you are correct about the mic input, there is also a headphone jack. Those vids look sharp! dt
At 05:37 AM 10/22/2008, you wrote: >Dear David, > >Yes, I can confirm that the HF10 is a very good video camera indeed. >The latest videos from my duo on vimeo are filmed with this little >camera. The sound quality is quite decent. In this case the camera was >a bit to far away from the stage and the sound is not as defined as I >would want but I think that it is still good enough for internet >streaming. This camera has also the posibility of accepting an >external stereo mic (I havent tried yet) and has manual a recording >level option that take it apart from most of the other budjet HD >cameras on the market. > >I take this apportunity also to thank Rob for placing the videos on >the lute channel on VIMEO. > >Greetings, > > >Alfonso > >Here are the links to the videos again in case any of you would like >to judje the sound and video quality of the camera: > >Passava Amor su arco desarmado >http://www.vimeo.com/1974566 > >El baxel esta en la playa >http://www.vimeo.com/1983562 > >Fain would I wed by Thomas Campion >http://www.vimeo.com/1982787 > >Adorable Princesse by Pierre Guedron >http://www.vimeo.com/1986060 > > > >On Oct 22, 2008, at 2:07 PM, David Tayler wrote: > >>Of special interest to lute players are the Vivia HF100 and HF 11. The >> HF100--the least expensive--is almost totally silent and records to >> flash cards. The zoom is nearly silent as well. There is a trade >> off--the quality is not as good as the Canon HV30, but you can put >>it >> four feet away and not record that awful hum. Has a mic input, as >>well, >> or I would not recommend it. Does not do long strings like the HV30, >> but otherwise a nice HD camcorder at a great price. The built in >>mics >> are useable--not great, but certainly useable. They have an "easy" >> button which actually works reasonably well. > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
