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XA20 Stuck in MF mode

I have had an XA20 for about a year.  Yesterday I was filming a wedding, and the camera got stuck in manual focus mode.  The AF/MF button did nothing.  I went to the FUNC menu and selected focus.  The MF button in the lower left was frozen.  I powere...

Using Mic Attenuator

I recently purchased a Canon XA25 for our church and would like to connect the audio input to the house sound. If I use the mic attenuator will that correct any problems with connecting it directly to a amp used for house speakers?  My sound guy told...

How to get Photodiode( photosensor) for Canon G10 Hi8? please inform Spec. and supplier in europe.

What's is the difference between Vicia HF R52 and R62?

Can anyone describe to me the difference between the Vixia HF R52 and the R62?

What is the voltage of my DM 50 mic ?

Hi Guys , I have a DM 50 mic and would like to rewire it so I can use it on my HF s 100.  All I get is that it can not be done.  I don't believe that and would like to use it but need to know the working voltage of the DM 50.  I sure can use a drawin...

Does zooming reduce quality when compressing for Youtube?

I just recently purchased the Vixia HF G30. I shot some zoomed-in footage of ducks in the bay with lots of water movement. The raw footage looks fabulous but when I compress it for Youtube it seems that the quality is degraded quite a bit. If there i...

My FS10 will only play sound and no video picture when imported to computer

Please help with this! My Canon FS10 will only play sound and no video when I try to play them back on my PC. I have tried using different programs and tried converting the video file to an AVI with no luck. I also tried using the internal memory and...

Need some help before buying camera

Hello everyone I'm planning to buy a camcorder for university stuff and of course personal movie making don't know which one should i get though. So the main points of what i need are:1920x1080 resolution, 60fpsPrice: Not more than 400$The thing wher...

vixia hf g30 timecode question

am i missing something? is there no way to have the camera automatically reset the time to zero every time i stop recording a scene?

XA20 Camcorder record directly to computer?

I haven't purchased a new camcorder for years, so things have changed a bit. In the olden days I could record directly to a computer (not just transfer files after they've been recorded). Hook up to a video editing program via firewire and hit record...

one hour long recording, produced multiple short clips

Our HV40 has developed a new problem. I recorded an hour long clip  of our worship service. When I imported into editing program, Sony Vegas, it was broken into 109 small clips.  At each break the sound would break also, making it hard to view and li...

Canon Vixia wont access video on Hard drive "Reading the HDD" message

I cant get to my movies.. I turn on the camera like I normally do and set dial to access the movies and I see "Reading the HDD" it does not change and my joystick seems useless too!  Not happy about this as we have some family movies on HDD.   Any id...

Uploading video footage to an iMac with the Canon Vixia HF R42

Just purchased the Canon Vixia HF R42 camcorder.  I edit video with Final Cut Pro X on my Imac desktop computer.  I am struggling with simply getting video transferred from the camcorder to my computer.  I'm using the camcorders hard drive to record ...