Canon HG-10 User manual

Quick Reference Guide to the Canon HG-10

UB Media Lab

Quick Reference Guide

to the

Canon HG-10

High Deﬁnition Hard Disk Camcorder

Please remember to TRANSFER YOUR FOOTAGE OFF THE CAMERA before

returning it to the media lab. (See Transferring Footage Instructions)

The Canon HG-10 is a tapeless camcorder. All footage is recorded onto a hard drive that is built into

the camera. This has many advantages, two of which are no more money spent on tapes and a much

easier and faster capturing process for editing. However, you need to be extra careful with the

camera because there are no tapes - any carelessness or harm to the camera will not only damage

the camera (and cost you money) but also destroy all your footage. You will also need to be very

diligent with keeping back up copies of your footage ﬁles on your

external hard drives and/or DVDs.

Files are easier to be misplaced and corrupted than tapes are, so

please be smart about your recording and be organized with your ﬁles!

(Please see the Transferring Footage Instructions for more information.)

Quick Reference Guide to the Canon HG-10

UB Media Lab

Canon HG-10

Item List

1. Case (with a shoulder strap)

2. Camera (with a shoulder strap)

3. 2 Batteries

4. AC Power Adapter (with cord)

5. Remote Controller

6. XLR-mini Cable

7. USB2 Cable

(Please make it sure to check out the following items with Canon HG-10.)

8. HD Camera Quick Reference Guide (Manual Included)

9. #6 Tripod

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Table of Content

Canon HG-10 Item List P. 2

TOUR OF THE CAMERA P. 4

ON THE TOP OF THE CAMERA P. 5

THE BACK OF THE CAMERA P. 6

POWER SWITCH P. 7

CAMERA MODE & PLAY MODE P. 7

NAVIGATION P. 8

PLAY MODE P. 10

CAMERA MODE P. 11

MENU & CONTROLS IN CAMERA MODE P. 12

WHITE BALANCE P. 13

IMAGE EFFECT & D. EFFECT P. 14

CAMERA SETUP P. 15

ADJUSTING FOCUS & EXPOSURE P. 16

USING HEADPHONES P. 17

USING A MICROPHONE P. 17

USING THE BATTERIES P. 18

CHARGING THE BATTERIES P. 18

IMPORTING FOOTAGE P. 19

LOG AND TRANSFER IN FINAL CUT P. 20

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UB Media Lab

TOUR OF THE CAMERA

The LCD screen is on the left side of the

camcorder, open it by pulling gently on the grip

on the end of the screen. The LCD can tilt and

swivel to adjust the viewing angle.

On the inside of the LCD screen there is the

USB port (A) for plugging the camcorder into

the computer. (See Transferring Footage instruc-

tions.) Also, there is a tiny door that can open to

accept a mini-SD card (3 & 4) – this is only

used for taking still images with camera.

Inserting and Removing a Memory Card

1. Turn off the camcorder

2. Open the LCD panel.

3. Open the memory card slot cover.

4. Insert the memory card with the label facing

up, all the way into the slot until it clicks.

5. Close the cover.

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ON THE TOP OF THE CAMERA

Quick Start – when this button is pressed the camcorder

will go to sleep, it will still be ON but in a stand-by mode

that uses less power. When pressed again it will come

back ON and be ready for shooting.

DISP. – This button will remove all the

onscreen icons from the LCD screen to provide an

unhindered view of the screen. Pressing it again will

return all the onscreen icons.

The blue printer button is for printing still images

directly from the camera. IGNORE THIS BUTTON.

P/AUTO – When it is in “AUTO” position the entire

camera will be in automatic mode, you will not be able to

use any manual settings. It is recommend to leave it in the

“P” position so that you’ll have manual control over the

camcorder’s features.

Zoom Toggle - This is a variable speed zoom, so the

harder you press on the button the faster the camera will

zoom. Likewise the softer you press, the slower the camera

will zoom. (This feature can be turned off in the MENU.)

PHOTO – This button will not work unless you have a

mini-SD card in the camera. It is used only to take still

images with the camera.

Underneath the viewﬁnder there is a small slider that will

adjust the focus of the viewﬁnder. (This does not effect the

focus of the camera’s lens, only the viewﬁnder.)

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THE BACK OF THE CAMERA

Under the power/mode selection dial there is a

small switch with a picture of a video camera

and a still camera. Leave it in the top (video

camera) mode to record video.

The bottom (photo) mode is only for taking

photos and you’ll need a mini-SD card.

(The photo features of this camera are not

covered in this guide.)

The oval shaped button is

the RECORD START/STOP button.

Below the record button is the AC Adapter

port. To operate the camera using AC power,

plug one end into here and the other into a wall

outlet.

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POWER SWITCH

The power switch (mode dial) is at the rear of

the camera to the right of the viewﬁnder.

To Turn On The Camcorder

Hold the small grey lock button pressed down

and turn the dial from OFF to ON. This will

power the camera ON. The camera will beep

and a light will come on.

CAMERA MODE & PLAY MODE

Turn the dial toward MODE and release.

Green light - PLAY indicator

Red light - CAMERA indicator

Use CAMERA mode to record new footage

and PLAY mode to review your footage.

To Turn The Camcorder Off

Turn the power switch (mode dial) back to OFF

and the camera will shut down.

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NAVIGATION

All movement between menus (in both

CAMERA and PLAY modes) is controlled by

the SET dial, arrow buttons (Up, Down, Left,

Right), which is on the left side of the LCD

screen.

Navigating the MENU

(Up) and (Down) arrows to select the

sub-menu.

(Left) and (Right) arrows to access

each sub-menu’s options. (or) to adjust the

settings of some features.

SET will open a submenu (or) turn a feature

ON or OFF.

Press FUNC to view MENU then press

“SET” button to navigate within the MENU.

Use UP and Down arrow buttons to change

submenus.

When the camcorder is set on PLAY

mode there are ﬁve submenus within the

MENU.

1. HDD Operations

2. Display Setup

3. System Setup

4. Date/Time Setup (Ignore this menu)

5. Close

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1. HDD Operations

From this submenu you can see how much

space is being used on the hard disk and how

much is available. You can initialize (Erase)

the camera’s drive. If you do this it will erase all

footage on the camera – So BE CAREFUL!

(You don’t need to initialize the drive, the

Media Lab will take care of that for you.)

• ALWAYS LEAVE THE DROP SENSOR

ON! (It is the camera’s safety feature and

needs to be on all the time.)

2. Display Setup (Ignore this menu)

3. SYSTEM SETUP

The only features that you need to be concerned

with in this sub-menu is SPEAKER VOLUME

and AV/PHONES.

SPEAKER VOL.

Press SET to change the volume. A large vol-

ume bar will appear. Press the right and left ar-

rows to raise or lower the camera’s volume. This

volume is the playback and/or headphone

volume, not the recording volume.

AV/PHONES

This allows you to switch between AV output

(TV) and Phones output (Headphones). Make

sure this is set to PHONES so you can monitor

your recording. If you hear a buzzing sound

when you plug in headphones, that means

the port is set to AV and you need to go into

the menu and change it to PHONES.

4. Date/Time Setup (Ignore this menu)

5. Close

Press “SET” to exit the MENU.

You can also press the “FUNC.” button to

exit and return to the playback screen.

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PLAY MODE

• In PLAY MODE you can view the footage.

• This menu acts just like the menu of a DVD.

• The SET control wheel on the left side of the

LCD screen is the main navigation control for

the camera.

• Turn the outer dial to ip through the “pages”

of your footage or press the arrows to move

through the clips one by one in the

PLAY menu.

• An orange border will appear around a

selected clip and a white circle icon will

briey appear on the clip’s thumbnail image.

• To play the selected clip, press the SET

button or the START/PAUSE button.

• The REW, FFWD, START/PAUSE &

STOP buttons at the bottom of the LCD

screen work the same as a DVD player.

• The STOP button will return to

the PLAY menu.

The FUNC. button will bring up four icons at

the bottom of the LCD screen.

Add to Playlist

Ignore this option; it is only useful when playing

back selected clips on a TV.

Delete

To delete the selected clip then press the SET

button. A window will appear with the three

choices, Delete All Scenes, Delete One Scene

or Cancel. If you choose to delete clip it will

prompt you one last time to delete the clip also

from the playlist, select Yes. The it will erase

the clip – MAKE SURE NOT TO MOVE

THE CAMERA DURING THIS PROCESS!

Select Date

Ignore this option.

Press SET to open the menu.

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