Uploaded August 2013 | Updated September 2026, 33 minutes ago

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Testing - at night - how well the Canon XA20 camcorder handles low light conditions, using lots of gain.

This test also directly relevant to the XA25 and HF-G30 since they're the same internals (sensor etc) as this model.

Aperture f1.8. Shot at 35Mbps .mp4 @ 50p. Rendered to 10Mbps AVC 25fps

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