I have some recorded video's on my 'internal memory'. Now that I've inserted and formatted an external memory card, I cannot get back to internal memory to download them. I have followed the 'instructions' in the manual, but once I get to Recording o...
I recently found an old Canon UCS1 Hi8 Camcorder and a charger for it. I fully charged the battery and when I went to test it out it would only turn on for 5-10 seconds and power off. Has anyone had a similar problem or know a soloution? Also does an...
I own a new HF R52 and own a Mac Mini with OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. I can't download to my hard drive or external hard drive. As an end around I tried to upload to Canon Image Gallery through my Canon account but it won't download when I click the d...
Hello all, I recently purchased a Canon Vixia hf r500. I bought it because I was told you could stream video with it. I run a weekly podcast where we stream the video live on upstream. I've been trying to figure out how to use this as a webcam but...
Hi there everyone, First time poster here. I have recently got hold of a Canon Vixia HF G20 (which was bought in the US) and only appears to shoot NTSC, which makes sense as it appears the Vixia is the North America model and the Legria is the Europe...
I start my recording and let it run the whole tape, like at a wedding. It breaks up into as many as 38 short scenes instead of one long scene. The number varies. I Cleaned the head, tried a new tape with no help. I think I eliminated the tape as ...
Hi, My Canon HFG20 (on the left in the picture) seems to have difficulty white balancing properly. It has been subtle in some ways, but I keep seeing it not looking 100% right and I finally did some tests about this yesterday. It seems to have the mo...
By accident I've deleted video content off my Vixia HF21 Camcorder. What is the best way to recover the video content. I know it can be done, but I don't know of the best software to use. Anyone else dumb enough to do this like I have? I thought I...
I recently purchased the Canon HF R42 and noticed that when I plug in the camera, with the power cord it came with, and use an external microphone of any kind that there is a loud buzzing noise that is generated. I have tried AudioTechnica ATR-3350 a...
I have a Vixia HF S100. On occasion I have left it in my car in hot tempueratures and, when started, the screen would be dimmed and the joystick would only move the cursor left and right on the screen. ( I could still see the screen if I shined a lig...
Hi. I have a HG20 camcorder and record very long video. My problem is the camcorder puts in auto chapters or scenes every 15 mins or so. So if I record say 2 hr of video in one session, I end up getting 8 separate chapters / files.Is there a way to s...
I have a Canon G20. I have three batteries, BP 808, BP809 (both Canon) and BP827 (Watson). When I charge these batteries on the camera, it charges fine and reads the charge fine too. But when I charge the BP809 and BP827 on a Watson charger, even whe...
I ordered an extra battery with my VIXIA HFG10 because the one it comes with does not last long enough. However the extra battery I received is a 3rd party battery and it WILL power the camera, but shows me a message that it cannot communicate with ...
I have a Canon Vixia HF R500 and it won't charge the battery any more. Once connected to AD adaptor, the red LED turns on as if normally charging, but actually not at all. The camcoder works fine on AC adaptor. I wonder if it is a problem of battery ...
I am sure that I am missing something simple, but can someone please help me with how to record with no sound on the Vixia HF R600? I can see audio options for: Standard, Music, Speech, Forest & Birds and Noise Suppression modes. (Noise Suppression =...
