Nope, no problems, I upgraded to the HFG30 after a few years and that was my main camera for like 800 videos or something.
The HFG10 will serve you well, it's a nice camera. The internal mics are pretty good in these and being on the top are ideally located for behind camera work. Just keep within maybe 50cm or so. Most of videos behind camera used the internal mic.
I used manual mic gain almost all the time, as the auto-gain would pick up aircon noise etc.
I use auto mic gain on my new Sony NX80 as it seems to work better than the Canon, but I usually turn off the aircon when I shoot videos.
I kept the G10/G30 in fixed F4.2 or thereabouts most of the time to get extra depth of field on PCB's and things. That was a trade-off between the amount of light available.
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Thanks for that bit of information Dave. It really helps.
I can tell you I am already liking the new camera.
I picked up a couple of new SD cards yesterday at Best buy. They do have Rhode mic that mounts on it, 50 bucks. I do not do talking head shots however, I am looking into having some guest in the future that I may want to interview.
My global plan for content creation is going along nicely
Perhaps you need to do a video on that subject. You have my backing as it has worked for me.