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A Comparison Between the Canon HG10 and the Canon HG21

The Canon HG21 camcorder is the top model and can contain up to 45 hours of high definition (HD) videos in its 120 GB hard disk drive. Meanwhile, the Canon HG10 camcorder is only equipped with a 40 GB hard disk drive that can contain up to 15 hours of video that has been captured at 5 Mbps. On the other hand, the HG10 offers the capability to record using the Advanced Video Codec High Definition (AVCHD) format but the HG21 does not. It is also possible to play the videos directly from the Canon HG10 on an HDTV or on a computer.

The HG21 has a Dual Recording system that allows the saving of videos directly to the hard disk drive. The user can also shoot and store the videos in SDHC memory cards for portability. But both camcorders are provided with the Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) system and Advanced Focus (AF) for HD applications.

The HG10 has a 24p Cinema Mode that allows video recording for a "film look," while the HG21 permits the 25p Cinema Mode. And to compensate for the poor audio reception capability of the HG10, the HG21 allows the attachment of an external microphone for better sound recording control. The HG21 also has manual controls for sound recording and these include audio level control and microphone attenuation control. It also has audio level meters to obtain perfect audio quality.

The image sensor for the HG10 is a 2.7-inch CMOS sensor with RGB Primary Color Filter while the HG21 has an image processor known as the DIGIC DV II for delivering excellent HD movies. The HG21 captures movies at 24 Mbps while at the HG10 has a maximum of 5 Mbps. The HG21 is also provided with the software PIXELA ImageMixer for managing and editing HD videos.

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Will the DeadCat for the RODE VideoMic filter out some of the ambient noise as well as sounds from the camera?

Im planning on using this microphone as an external pickup for my canon vixia HG20. will the DeadCat simply serve as a wind filter or will it serve other purposes and have other benefits.

thanks

A Softie (Rykote's name for it), or "Dead Cat" - also sometimes referred to as a "zepellin" is generally designed to be a good way to reduce wind noise by creating a dead-air space between the open air - where the wind is blowing and the mic element so "wind noise" is dramatically reduced or eliminated. The only other benefit I can see is that it protects the mic from other environmental elements (light rain/fog, sun, dust, etc.). They were not designed to change the audio at all - ambient or otherwise - just get rid of the wind noise. Unless there is some sort of housing around the middle of the mic near the end where the pick-up mic element is, ambient noise that is picked up by the mic should be the same if the softie is not used. The softie should be audio-agnostic if designed and used correctly.

In the case of the RODE video mic, it's mic pick up pattern is dictated by the mic element being used at the end of the mic. Other (expensive) shotgun mics (like those from Sennheiser and Audio Technica) have mic elements on the sides of the mic barrel - their job is to hear and reject audio from the sides of the mic in which case you would not want the softie mount to have any barriers so they can do their job ar rejecting a lot of ambient noise...

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