Canon VIXIA HF S10, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...This has many advantages no money spent on video tapes no digitizing videotapes for editing and easier storage of footage The disadvantages are there are no tapes backing up your work and the memory...

Page 2: ...ser Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 2 In the Bag check it you are responsible for all items on return 1 Camera 2 Remote 3 USB2 Cable to transfer footage from camera to computer 4 2 Extra Batteries 3 Batteries...

Page 3: ...Canon Vixia HFS10 High Definition Camcorder Quick Start Guide UB Media Lab 2009 Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 3 1 Card Reader 2 16GB Flash Media Card 3 Tripod...

Page 4: ...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 Inserting and Removing the Memory Card 1 Power on off switc...

Page 5: ...Canon Vixia HFS10 High Definition Camcorder Quick Start Guide UB Media Lab 2009 Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 5 Battery...

Page 6: ...09 000 6 Navigation All movement between menus is controlled by the Function 1 and Set 2 buttons The Set button toggles 4 ways up down left right Push in to take or set the action Setting the Camcorde...

Page 7: ...con the Movie Mode 3 Toggle down to the first selection Rec Media for Movies Press Set to enter the action Toggle down to Mem Card and Select Memory Card 4 Press Function again to turn off the display...

Page 8: ...r Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 8 Press Function and toggle down to the bottom selection Menu and press Set Toggle 4 icons to the right and then toggle down to AV Headphones Press Set toggle up or down to c...

Page 9: ...e UB Media Lab 2009 Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 9 Other Random Buttons Bells Whistles Display turns off and on the menu text on the screen 1 Zoom 2 Photo button f...

Page 10: ...TER 2 Movie Mode set when you re shooting video 3 Still Photo Mode set when you re shooting stills 4 AC Open flap and plug in AC adapter to charge camera 5 Headphone AV Jack Open flap for headphone ja...

Page 11: ...Canon Vixia HFS10 High Definition Camcorder Quick Start Guide UB Media Lab 2009 Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 11 Custom Button...

Page 12: ...Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 12 Under the Hood Image Quality The camera offers 5 recording modes The better the image quality means more memory used To select Recording Mode Push Fu...

Page 13: ...om Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 13 Exposure Depending on what you re shooting you either want to control the exposure manually or let the camera control it for you To Set Exposure Pu...

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Page 17: ...S10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 17 White Balance This is how your camera sees the color white White is a standard and the electronics can set every other color from this reading To Set White Balance...

Page 18: ...HDTV or Standard TV The high definition files are much larger and will take up more room on your disc however the quality is vastly improved over the standard format You MUST stay consistent with your...

Page 19: ...S10 High Definition Camcorder Quick Start Guide UB Media Lab 2009 Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 19 Toggle to 480i Standard TV or 1080i HDTV Press Function to return...

Page 20: ...tomatic Focus A and Manual Focus M Within Manual focus toggle left and right to adjust focus Note set the Custom Button to Focus and you don t have to worry about menus while you re shooting 3 Mic Lev...

Page 21: ...ition Camcorder Quick Start Guide UB Media Lab 2009 Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 21 To Record After making all the appropriate menu choices press the record button...

Page 22: ...finition Camcorder Quick Start Guide UB Media Lab 2009 Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 22 Playback To View your footage Press the playback button Your clips will appe...

Page 23: ...r Set 3 to play and pause and 2 to Stop While within the clip You can increase decrease the playback volume by toggling the Set button up twice and then left or right to adjust volume You can fast for...

Page 24: ...r Quick Start Guide UB Media Lab 2009 Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB DIM 0909 000 24 Retrieving Your Footage Remove the Memory Card from the camera put it into the Card Reader an...

Page 25: ...her external devise Open the Mounted Drive You ll see the Folder Private Before you do anything else copy this folder to a DVD a Flash Drive an external Hard Drive You will not be able to run your vid...

Page 26: ...el Computer this won t work on the older Power PC computers 2 Turn the power on DO NOT unplug the cable until properly ejected like a hard drive then change the camera to PLAY mode No Name icon will a...

Page 27: ...After you ve made a back up copy of the Private file and transferred a copy to the Desktop for decompressing eject the disc from the desktop by putting it into the Trash Plan your check in time accord...

Page 28: ...ansfer 4 Drag and Drop clips as shown to transfer Please note iMovie with the star icon not the older iMovie HD will import this footage as well In Video Production Classes do not use iMovie Lab assis...

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