Canon Vixia HF S21 Workshop Manual

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9Note: Poorly captured audio can ruin an otherwiseexcellent project. You can’t always “fix it in post.” Take the time totest the mic and set levels correctly; you’ll be glad you did.Miscellaneous Features• Color Bars and Test ToneLocated in the [MENU] under the Film Tab. Scroll to the bottom andjust touch Color Bars & Test Tone. It outputs standard SMPTE ColorBars and a –12dB 1Khz tone for calibration. This tone plays back at aperfect –12dB in Final Cut, so it’s useful to have 30 seconds of this atthe start of your footage for calibration.• Video LightIf you are really stuck and need some quick light, activate the onboardvideo light by touching [FUNC] > [Video Light] > [ON]. Rememberthis is not a great light, just a quick fix and does add to batteryconsumption.• HDMI OutIf you want to check some footage and you have an HDMI equippedHDTV, simply plug an HDMI-mini cable into the camera, behind thehand strap.Importing Footage (getting footage into a computer for editing)Hopefully you’ve taken some time the day(s) before your shoot to practiceshooting with the camera. Now you’re ready to ingest that footage into a computerfor editing.i. Power off the camera, then connect the USB cable to its port (item 17on pg. 2) and connect the other end to the computer.ii. Power on the camera, and then press the Playback button (item 3 onpg 2). Now touch [Computer/Printer] and wait for the disk image toshow up on the desktop.iii. If using iMovie, import the normal way by clicking on Import FromCamera or use Quick Dump (clips may take a few minutes to appear).iv. If using FCP, use Log and Transfer and wait for a few minutes for thefootage to show up. Then you can select clips and add them to thequeue for importing.Note: AVCHD will not import into the older Power PC style Macs. Only Intel Macs supportthis HD format.Important: If you are recording to SD cards, instead of the internal memory, ensure they are atleast Class 4 rated. When copying the files over to the computer, copy all contents of AVCHDfolder onto something that "mounts" on the computer - external flash memory stick, disk image,DVD, or hard drive. Also, you should erase all memory on the camera before each shoot. Thisensures that the card(s) and/or internal memory are totally clear and ready to record onto, and iteliminates the possibility of importing someone else’s footage.

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