Canon Vixia HFS10 High Definition Camcorder Quick Start Guide ‐ UB Media Lab ©2009Some material from Canon Vixia HFS10 User Manual PUB. DIM‐0909‐000 1School of Communications DesignMedia LabCanon Vixia HFS10 High Definition CamcorderQuick Start GuideThe Canon HFS10 is a Hard Drive/Flash Memory camera. This means the footagecan be recorded to a memory card or to the camera’s hard drive. This has manyadvantages: no money spent on video tapes, no digitizing videotapes for editing,and easier storage of footage. The disadvantages are: there are no tapes backing upyour work and the memory cards are small and easy to lose.When checking out and using this camera, make sure you have DVD +/‐ R discs, anexternal hard drive, or a large (8gb+) Flash Drive with you to back up your work.Files are easier to be misplaced and corrupted than tapes are, soplease be smart about your recording and be organized with your files! (Pleasesee the Transferring Footage Instructions for more information.)