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Canon FS10 Flash Memory Camcorder with 8GB Internal Flash Memory and 48x Advanced Zoom | 
| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $325.07
You Save: $174.92 (35%)
Rating:  22 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Monitor Size: 270
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 48
Digital Zoom: 2000
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 96.2
Minimum Focal Length: 2.6
Maximum Resolution: 710000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 2.4 x 2.3
nv:Size: 1/6" CCD Sensor
Memory Included: 8GB Internal
Storage Media: SD/SDHC Memory Card
Optical Zoom: 37x
Digital Zoom: 2000x
Focal Length: f= 2.6-96.2mm
Focusing Range: 10 mm (wide)/1m (tele)
LCD Monitor: 2.7 inches
LCD Pixels: 123,000 pixels
LCD Coverage: 100%
Maximum Aperture: F 2.0 - 5.2
Shutter Speed: 1/2000
White Balance Control: Auto
White Balance Control: Daylight
White Balance Control: Manual
White Balance Control: Tungsten
Shooting Modes: Auto
Shooting Modes: Sunset
Shooting Modes: TV
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: FS10
Model: FS10
UPC: 013803092523
EAN: 0013803092523
ASIN: B00114LG7K
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Capture video to 8 GB hard drive or SDHC cards | | • | 48x Advanced Zoom; image stabilizer | | • | Widescreen HR recording | | • | 2.7-inch widescreen LCD | | • | USB 2.0 compatible for fast file transfer |
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Product Description
The Canon's FS10 Flash Memory camcorders offers quick response time, because it doesn't have to wait for moving parts. Press the record button and your FS10 starts recording video faster than you've ever seen before. The FS10's lower power consumption rate allows your battery to last longer. Measuring only 2.3" wide, 2.4" high and 4.9" deep, it combines big video storage capacity in a small, easy to carry body. The 2.7" High-Resolution Widescreen LCD on the FS10 lets you see more of what your camcorder is recording. Designed specifically for HD, DIGIC DV II ensures optimal image quality. It also uses a hybrid noise reduction system that employs two types of noise reduction for video images that are crystal clear. You can shoot five 1152 x 648 still images per second, and enjoy faster processing of your images to both the FS11's internal memory as well your memory card. It also helps lower power consumption for longer battery life. The Genuine Canon 48x Advanced Zoom remains in constant motion through the entire extended zoom range. There's practically no loss in image quality through an extraordinary range of zoom, so you'll get good, clear shots. The FS10 offers you more flexibility to get just the shot you need. With the FS10 you get a powerful 1.07-Megapixel CCD image sensor. The video you shoot will be sharp, clear and more true to life, as will your still photos. Focal Length - f=2.6-96.2mm Zoom Speed - Variable/3 Fixed Zoom Speeds Minimum Focusing Distance - 10 mm (wide)/1m (tele) Programmed AE - Auto, Program, TV, Portrait, Sports, Night, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Spotlight, and Fireworks White Balance - Daylight, Tungsten, Auto, and Manual Dolby Digital Audio 2ch (AC-3 2) 3.5 mm Stereo Mini-jack Microphone Terminal Dimensions - Width 2.3 x Height 2.4 x Depth 4.9 (58x60x124mm) Weight - 9.2 ounces (260 grams)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Nice camera , crappy software December 31, 2008
Frank Hatch (Elk Grove CA)
I've had this camera for about a month . I got
it to record family sing alongs and the like .
The camera itself is nice and not too difficult to learn for a novice such as myself . My difficulty is with the provided software which
does not allow for easy DVD burning . I guess
the reason for this is so that Canon can promote their stand alone DW-100 DVD burner which is
compatible with the FS 10's resident language
base . It's just after Christmas now and the
DVDs that I have been able to burn are playable only on a computer . I wanted to send discs out to several people like my 80 year old mom who has no computer , but has a DVD player , to view . I generally like Canon products but I am disappointed in how this product was marketed .
 Little Camcorder with Big Features December 26, 2008
robotnut (Cranford, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is simply an awesome camcorder. It is extremely small and lightweight making it easy to take along anywhere. I love the fact that it uses reusable SD flash cards so there are no tapes or dvds to buy. And with the 8GB internal memory, you can start using this camcorder right out of the box even if you don't have any SD cards. By the way, it is compatible with SD and SDHC cards. I don't have any SDHC cards yet but I used a Kingston 2GB microSD card (with adaptor) and it works great.
It has an Easy Mode which simplifies the camcorder's functions so that virtually anyone can use it. For more advanced users, it allows you to manually adjust settings such as shutter speed and aperture. You can even override the autofocus and manually adjust the focus. It's got a few built-in special effect filters such as black and white, sepia, mosaic, and art. The camcorder can also take digital still photos, although the resolution is only about 1MP. But the great thing is that the 48x zoom and widescreen features work when taking still photos as well as videos. Those are things my digital still camera can't do. Also, you can get extremely close to your subject with this camcorder as the minimum focusing distance is a mere 1cm. This being my first digital camcorder, I had no previous experience, but in less than a day I was importing video clips to my computer and editing my own movies! I now have a flood of movie ideas that I want to do with this camcorder.
This camcorder saves photos in .jpg format so there's no compatability issues there. Video files are a bit trickier. It saves videos in .mod format. Each video will also have a second file with a .moi extension. This file contains the date/time info as well as the aspect ratio info. I had problems when trying to play the .mod file in Windows Media Player. The audio plays fine, but the video shows up as just a bunch of squiggly horizontal lines. I even tried renaming the extension to .avi and .mpg as some people have suggested but that didn't work for me. I was able to import the .mod files into Windows Movie Maker (WMM) but videos I took in 16:9 format were all squashed into 4:3 format. This occurs even when I set the WMM option to display in 16:9 ratio. Apparently, this is because the aspect ratio information is stored in that .moi file rather than in the video file itself and so WMM is unable to detect that it's widescreen. To get around these issues, I installed the Pixela ImageMixer 3 software that came with the camcorder. With this software, I can convert the videos from .mod to .mpg format. After the conversion, the videos play fine in Windows Media Player and the widescreen format is correctly recognized by WMM.
 Picture quality is a serious issue December 21, 2008
RM (Earth)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Good camera & features: v small, silent, good battery life and quick to start. However, the picture quality is disapointing for both bright and darker lighting (indoor shots are very grainy). I used to own a Canon DC40, which had great picture quality. I expected the same when I bought the FS10, but I was wrong. I returned it the next day.
 Awesome Value!! December 19, 2008
Barry Blues (Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This camera is light as a feather! Upon seeing video shot with this camera, everyone's reaction was "Wow, great picture!". Being DUAL memory means that you can add an SD card in addition to the internal 8GB flash drive. There are plenty of settings for shooting video and still images including Night, Portrait, Fireworks, etc. Battery consumption was surprisingly good and very reasonable.
Downsides: if you shoot to the internal flash drive you MUST have the AC Adapter hooked to the camera while downloading to drives, computer, etc. **BEWARE: The AC Adapter costs $125.00 to replace - act accordingly!!** I shoot to the the SD High Capacity Card and then pop that out, into a reader into USB port on my MAC; NO cables to worry about. I can also shoot to the internal flash drive and then COPY that to the SD Card. Although this takes decent still images, it will not replace a high quality digital SLR. Besides the AC Adapter issue, my only real niggle is there is no way to mute or turn the audio off when recording.
Without question, this is an exceptional value for the money. A very good investment. Do yourself a favor and buy the optional battery charger so you do not have to hook/unhook the AC Adapter to the camera when charging the battery. Exceptional value for the money!!
the best camera on the market December 2, 2008
Mohammed A. Ali (NJ, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a great product. Have been very happy with it. Only problem is that the battery life does not outlast the disk space so it is probably not worth getting an extra card unless you want to store your videos on the camera itself. Also, the joystick provided does not function as well. The screen should've been touch screen.
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