Canon XH A1 and VIXIA HF10 HD Used for Crank High Voltage

Co-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor explained how and why they used these camcorders to record the unique cisual style of the action movie.

"Knowing the size and mobility of the cameras we wanted, it was really just a question of which one gave us the images that we liked,"Taylor noted. "We did film-out tests with several different brands of cameras and discovered that Canon's new generation of small, lightweight camcorders provide the image quality we needed. Their images look just incredible when transferred to film. Ninety-eight percent of the movie was shot with Canon XH A1 and HF10 HD camcorders. They enabled us to move fast and save time. We feel like camera technology has finally caught up with what we do."[...]
"The whole film is shot like a skate video,"Trost said. "Mark was on rollerblades for half the movie as one of the camera operators. He was towed by cars at 50 miles per hour while holding a Canon HD camcorder to get dynamic shots he could never get otherwise. We shot primarily with the Canon XH A1 and also used the HF10 camcorder for smaller shots."

Read the full article at Consumer Electronics Net or buy a Canon VIXIA HF10 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 16 GB Internal Flash Memory and 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom.

Canon Vixia HF10 flash based camcorder review at cnet

Yeah I know its old, but this pretty little Vixia HF10camcorder still can do the job for you and your family if you don't need the latest and the greatest.

From the review:

Canon may not have been first out of the gate with a flash-based camcorder--or second, or third--but its debut model, the high-definition Vixia HF10, gets it right the first time. A sleek, black compact model with a well-rounded feature set, great video, and excellent performance, the HF10 definitely deserves a spot on your short list of potential home-movie camcorders.

The bottom line: Canon's first flash-based camcorder, the Canon Vixia HF10, delivers excellent HD video quality and performance in a tiny package.


Canon says:

From Canon's long history of optical excellence, advanced image processing, superb performance and technological innovation in photographic and broadcast television cameras comes the latest in high definition camcorders.

Now, with the light, compact Canon VIXIA HF10, you can have stunning AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) format recording with the ease and numerous benefits of Flash Memory. It's used in some of the world's most innovative electronic products such as laptop computers, MP3 players, PDAs and cell phones. Canon offers the best in Flash Memory with Dual Flash Memory- record to both the camcorder's 16 GB internal memory and a removable SDHC card, extending your available recording space and offering added flexibility in file transfer and playback.

Read the full Cnet review here or another review at camcorderinfo.com right here or the official Canon product page here or you can even buy the Canon VIXIA HF10 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 16 GB Internal Flash Memory and 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom.