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Canon HV10 and HV20 Feature Set Comparison
an article by Chris Hurd


  Left: Canon HV10, Right: Canon HV20.
Image System: Canon HV10 Canon HV20
Image Sensor: Canon 1/2.7-inch CMOS, native 1920 x 1080
Pixel Count: 2.96 million total / 2.07 million effective
Processor: Canon Digic DV II HD
Uncompressed HD: Component HDMI, Component
HD Recording Format: 25mbps 1080i HDV2 gop15 4:2:0 MPEG-2
HD Frame Rates: 1080 at 60i 1080 at 60i, 24p
SD Recording Format: 480i DV 16:9 or 4:3 (SP only, 60i only)
Optical Group: Canon HV10 Canon HV20
Lens Type: 6.1mm to 61mm (10x) zoom lens
Equiv. 35mm F.O.V: 43.6mm to 436mm (in 35mm terms)
Aperture Range: f/1.8 (wide) f/3.0 (tele) to f/8.0
Stabilization: Super-Range Optical (OIS), Lens-Shift type
Focus Assist: Peaking with or without Magnification
Instant AF: Yes Yes
Digital Zoom: Off, 40x, 200x Off, 40x, 200x
Sensitivity: 5 lux at 1/30th 3 lux at 1/30th
Filter Thread Dia.: 37mm 43mm
Wide Converter: WD-H37C (0.7x) WD-H43 (0.7x)
Tele Converter: TL-H37 (1.5x) TL-H43 (1.7x)
Other Features: Canon HV10 Canon HV20
Viewfinder: 0.27" 123,000 pixels 16:9 LCD
LCD Panel: 2.7" 210,00 pixels 16:9 LCD
AV Line In: Yes Yes
AV - DV Convert: Yes Yes
HD - SD Downconvert: Yes Yes
SD - HD Upconvert: No No
4ch. Audio Playback: Yes Yes
4ch. Audio Record: No No
Frame Mode Playback: 24F, 30F 24F, 30F
Frame Mode Record: No No
HD 24p Playback: ?? Yes
HD 24p Record: No Yes
Cine Color: No Yes
Video Stills: 2.1mp (1920 x 1080) in video camera mode
Photo Stills: 3.1mp (2048 x 1536) in card camera mode
Video Light: Yes (LED) Yes (LED)
Photo Flash: Yes Yes
Accessory Shoe: No Canon AAS
Cassette Loading: Bottom Top
Connections: Canon HV10 Canon HV20
Tape Transport: Mini DV Mini DV
Flash Memory: miniSD miniSD
HD / DV: FireWire 100 FireWire 100
HDMI: No Yes
Component Video: Mini-D Terminal Mini-D Terminal
Audio Inputs: No Stereo Mini, AAS
Stereo A/V: 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Headphone: No via Stereo A/V
S-Video: No No
LANC: No No
USB: 2.0 (full) 2.0 (full)
Power & Price: Canon HV10 Canon HV20
Included Batt.: Canon BP-310 Canon BP-2L13
Endurance max/typ:
(included batt)		 LCD: 75/45
EVF: 75/45		 LCD: 115/70
EVF: 120/75
Optional Batt: Canon BP-315 Canon BP-2L14
Endurance max/typ:
(optional batt)		 LCD: 135/85
EVF: 140/85		 LCD: 140/80
EVF:150/85
Compatible Batt.: Canon BP-208 Canon NB-2LH
Dimensions: 56 x 104 x 106mm 88 x 80 x 138mm
Weight, w/o batt: 15.5 oz / 440g 16.2 oz / 535g
Availability: November 2006 April 2007
Appx. MSRP: $1,299 USD $1,099 USD
  Left: Canon HV10, Right: Canon HV20.

Written and thrown together by Chris Hurd.

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