Comments on: Canon XL1 Digital Camcorder Kit

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:04:13 +0000

This is not a toy!!! I have owned one of these for over a year and a half and love this thing. I work at a full digital TV station with a the latest equipment and the first thing I did was do a side by side comparo against a …Panasonic DVCPRO broadcast camera. The technicians and cameramen were shocked at the image being equal to their cameras. When we explored the camera further and found the ability to also use the ANTON BAUER battery packs it only got better. They looked at the lens quality and lens swapping ability, plenty of manual setting available for video and audio, hundreds of accesories for the proshooter, and the frame mode made it shine brighter in their eyes. The general manager and chief engineer evaluated the camera and said at the same time “imagine what this could do for our budget!”. I use this camera for personal use and have also used it for news gathering, Many requests from the news department have come my way to go on a shoot due to lack of cameras. If you are looking for a…

By: "twonami"

"twonami" — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:48:46 +0000

Quality at it's best 0

By: James Costa

James Costa — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:48:45 +0000

Canon has the best optics, color, and overall look… I have used this camera at a few weddings, along with a Canon GL1, and I personally own a Canon Optura. I have also used a Sony TRV1000, and TRV20.First off, let me mention that progressive scan is absolutely incredible. I can no longer stand the home-userish look of interlaced video. What progressive scan (or “frame mode”) does is it takes 30 full frames per second. Interlaced records 60 FIELDS per second, creating a supposed 30 fps (giving it that unrealistic, slimy-smooth motion like a home Hi8 camera). What FULL frames do is make it have a somewhat “jerkier” effect which gives the footage a much more film like look. It’s beautiful, you’ve got to see the difference side by side, sometime (or just switch between interlaced and frame on the XL1, or some other Canon).The Color: There are many sites with side by side comparisons of the XL1 and the VX1000 (perhaps the VX2000, too). The thing is, there is no comparison. Sony’s lenses lean toward the blues,…