Canon CANON Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Enjoying High-Definition Video with your Camcorder
What are the advantages of a hard disk?
Your videos and photos are recorded on the built-in hard disk or commercially available
SD/SDHC memory cards
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using AVCHD specifications
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. This Double Media recording
system gives you longer recording times for more high-definition videos and photos.
You can shoot approximately 11 hours ( 120 GB HDD) or 5.5 hours ( 60 GB
HDD) of video in MXP mode, which offers the highest video quality under AVCHD
specifications.
The camcorder records video and photos in unused space on the recording media so
you need not worry about accidentally recording over important videos.
You can immediately access the scenes you want to play back from an index menu.
You can easily manage your video and photo collections with the supplied editing
software: ImageMixer 3 (movies) and DIGITAL VIDEO Solution Disk (photos).
Can I play back my high-definition video on other
devices?
Needless to say, you can connect your camcorder to an HDTV to enjoy your recordings
with family and friends ( 81). You also have the following options:
You can easily play back video recorded on the memory card by inserting the
memory card directly into AVCHD-compatible TV sets and HDD or DVD recorders
that feature an SD/SDHC memory card slot
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. For details, refer to the instruction
manual of your TV or digital video recorder.
You can play back AVCHD discs of your recordings created using the optional
DW-100 DVD Burner
(82) on the DVD Burner itself or on AVCHD-compatible
DVD players or Blu-ray Disc players
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.
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For details about memory cards that can be used with this camcorder refer to Using a Memory
Card ( 31).
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AVCHD is the new standard for recording high-definition video. With AVCHD specifications the
video signal is recorded using MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression and the audio signal is
recorded in Dolby Digital.
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Depending on the device used, correct playback may not be possible even if the device is
AVCHD-compatible. In such case, play back the recordings on the memory card using the
camcorder.
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AVCHD discs containing scenes recorded in MXP mode cannot be created with the optional
DW-100 DVD burner. Use the supplied software ImageMixer 3 to back up such scenes.
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