 This is probably the most exciting unboxing I've done in a while. This is the Canon XA10 HD camcorder. So we are finally upgrading our ancient Sony HD camcorder that we use for shooting NCIX tech tips. This is an SD, SDHC, SDXC camcorder. So what it means is we're recording completely onto solid state media, which is pretty nice both for speed and for convenience. Alright. Alright, what do we got here? So this is probably, okay, warranty registration card. Ooh, a transfer utility. So yeah, we're finally replacing the NCIX tech tips camera. I'm so stoked. This is a much higher quality, much higher caliber of camera than what we've used in the past. Okay, we got a transfer utility here. We got camcorder music data, image mix data disk. Okay, sure, why not? Register your camcorder now and receive exclusive benefits from Canon, okay? Canon professional services, transfer utility installation guide, woohoo! Instruction manual. So this is like thick. This is a big old instruction manual. One third of it is English, so it shows you how to change the translation. You know what, let me see if I can find something with the general specs of the unit so that I have something to refer to, because I haven't really looked at any information about it since I pre-ordered it, which was like two months ago. It's taken a really long time to come in stock. Okay, so here's the highlights of the X-A10. So I'm going to put that aside for myself to refer back to, and let's start finding some accessories and whatnots here. Okay. Oh my goodness, I don't even know where to begin with this. Okay, this looks like a battery pack. We're just going to like open stuff up, because we're going to be using this camera today, hopefully. Yeah, Intelligent Lithium Ion Battery. You see that okay? Okay. Alright. What do we got next? Next we have, ooooh, a remote wireless controller. Okay. Next, we have some screws. Okay, those are mounting screws for something, in all likelihood. Another little battery. Okay. Some kind of little clip. I better not lose any of this stuff. Looks like there's some assembly required here, folks. Here's the lens cover thing. Put that on the end of the camera. Excellent. Okay, what do we got here? A power brick. And this garbage is going to start blowing away if I don't find something to do with it. So here, you can look at the power brick while I figure out what to do with my garbage. I'm just going to put it in my pocket for now, I think. Okay. Okay, we're good. So, power brick. Power cord. Nothing really exciting there. Okay, now we're getting into some cables. So our first cable is a component out cable. So that uses a little interface on the camera, outputs component for monitoring what you're doing. Alright, next we got, ooooh. So this is where our, looks like, our mics plug into. So we have two channels there, little buttons to eject them. We've been using like a consumer level camera up till now. Oh, look at all this. So we can like, change it and stuff. Cameraman probably knows a lot better than me what all of this does because I'm kind of a camera idiot. But that's zoom, right? That's zoom. Yeah, he's giving me the indication that that is indeed zoom. Some kind of lock, start stop. Oh, okay. No, it's not locked. Sweet. So here's a shoe for, I don't know, flash? Whatever it is, it looks good. I love it. Okay. Next, we have this. Some other kind of more different bracket. It's got like soft rubber on it here and here. Hold something. Look, cameras are not my strong point, guys. If you wanted to see a professional camera unboxing, go somewhere else. This is just me unboxing my new toy. Okay, USB 2 for transferring files. And finally, composite output from the camera itself. So that's just your single video and then stereo audio. So now I have the X-A10 camera, which is safely packaged inside bubble wrap. It's actually really small. I was expecting it to be a little bit bigger. So here, why don't I just read off the packaging what some of the key features are. Highlights of the X-A10, HD recording with a Digic DV3 processor, cool. Okay, 1 third inch CMOS sensor that captures video and affects a pixel of approximately 2.07 megapixels, which is 1080p. Okay, wide zoom lens with a focal length at full wide angle of 30.4. You know, I'm just going to hold this out here and cameraman can look at it because he knows what's interesting and I don't. Emphasis on versatility, manual controls at your fingertips, face detection, infrared recording. Ooh, in the dark. So we can do like night tech tips, relay recording and double slot recording. So when your SD card is full, you can just, oh, simultaneously to two memory cards, which is a convenient way to back up your recordings. Interesting, or you can record to one than the other and just swap memory cards as you go so that you can record without interruption. Other features, audio, you can use the built-in microphone, mic audio input terminal, or the two XLR audio input terminals when recording. LCD screen and viewfinder, why don't we have a look at that. 100% frame coverage, which ensure that you can accurately check that your shots are framed how you want them. So let's just go ahead and open that up. Nice big widescreen. You know what? Let's see if the battery pack has any charge on it. Sometimes they do, you never know. Okay, let's figure out where the button is to do the thing. Oh, okay, hold on. Maybe I can mount this too. So, ah, aha. So this goes on here. So that's pretty straightforward. Oh, no, no, it slides in here first. So you slide in like, lift this up. Lift these up. Slide in like that. Once you have them lifted up sufficiently. There we go. Put that back in there. Make sure it's making good contact. Screw these bad boys in. New tech tip camera. Okay, gotta get them lined up before they'll screw in. That makes sense. That's very intuitive. Okay, got that there. So, yeah, I don't even know what that thing is up there, but. So we assembled it a little bit now. We did not put the microphone holder on since I do use a lapel mic. That mounts right here. So, yeah, we won't be using that at all. We'll just be using our little wireless unit. And then let's, it's not charged at all. So I can't really show you guys any of that. We've got powered image stabilization. Got our touch screen here. That little piece that I couldn't figure out what it was. That's a stylus. So we won't be using that in all likelihood. Okay, here we can switch between playback and recording mode. Here's where the SD cards go. Pretty sweet. Yeah, yeah. Infrared on and off. It's very ergonomic. I'll tell you guys that much. Like the feel of it is very nice. So I can very easily reach the zoom controls up here. Slides very smoothly. So that'll be good for nice smooth zoom shots from camera man. Here's the viewfinder if we're not using an external display, which we in all likelihood will be using. This is something, no idea. Okay, start stop. Here we can change between a few different modes. Manual, auto, and cinema. Ooh, I think this is focus, right? Is that focus? Yeah. Camera man says that's focus. So we have manual focus now. High technology for NCIX tech tips. And I think that's pretty much it. So, oh, okay, okay. Okay, we have to do one more shot here. We have to do one more shot. Okay, here, here, give me this. Give me this. Okay, camera man has to hold the camera. And then I'm going to show you guys a glimpse of the camera man. This is what it looks like when he's holding a camera. Thanks for checking out this unboxing online as tech tips. Don't forget to subscribe.