Clip: XHA1 with new .8 Canon WA adapter at DVinfo.net

Barlow Elton · November 10th, 2006, 04:00 PM

I think the camera was unfortunately dialed in with sharpness that needed to be taken down to compensate for some minor aliasing, but this will give a good idea of how nice the new adapter is for the XHA1--and only $500!!

The clip was intentionally warmed up with the Kelvin WB manual control.

http://media.dvinfo.net/canonxh/XHA1WA-1.m2t

Noel Evans · November 10th, 2006, 05:40 PM

Great demo. Seems theres almost 0 barrel distortion if any. Im in need so will grab the WA this week.

Brent Graham · November 11th, 2006, 01:24 AM

MMM Bertolli !!!

You're making me hungry man!!

Are they gonna have tv commercials now?

Alex Leith · November 11th, 2006, 04:36 AM

Wow. For $500 that's pretty impressive.

Lovely setup too.

Jeff Nelson · December 14th, 2006, 01:52 PM

How do I view an mt2 file? FCP doesn't seem to recognize it. Suggestions? Thanks.

Greg Boston · December 14th, 2006, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Nelson

How do I view an mt2 file? FCP doesn't seem to recognize it. Suggestions? Thanks.

Download the free and very versatile application called MPEG Streamclip.

To Barlow, thanks for that clip. Of course you've gone and made me hungry for a nice big bowl of pasta marinara.

-gb-

Deke Ryland · December 14th, 2006, 05:51 PM

Great clip! May I ask how you are able to capture your video to an .mt2 file? Premiere Pro always wants to capture my video as .mpeg. Is there any difference?

Steven Dempsey · December 14th, 2006, 09:09 PM

Barlow, can you point me to where I can buy this WA adapter? The only thing I can find online from Canon for the XHA1 is a .75.

Anyone have experience with the .75?

Barlow Elton · December 15th, 2006, 11:37 PM

Isn't the WA actually a .75 fir $499?

Deke: I captured the clip on the Mac with a free system utility app called DVHSCap. It simply captures the raw transport stream and saves the file as a m2t. On the PC I believe there is an app call CapDVHS that does the same thing.

Deke Ryland · December 16th, 2006, 07:43 AM

Hey Barlow... do you get a better quality capture by capturing the raw .mt2 as opposed to capturing the mpeg version like premiere pro 2.0 does? I certainly don't want to be capturing anything less than the optimal video. Thanks!

Marty Hudzik · December 20th, 2006, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deke Ryland

Hey Barlow... do you get a better quality capture by capturing the raw .mt2 as opposed to capturing the mpeg version like premiere pro 2.0 does? I certainly don't want to be capturing anything less than the optimal video. Thanks!

I don't think Barlow is on a PC so I will add my thoughts. Premiere Pro, when in Canon HDV 24f mode, captures clips and renames them mpg. I am pretty sure it is not doing any recompression to the files themselves but you never know. I haven't done enough testing to confirm this. I use Cineform to capture, even when I am going to edit in HDV. You just check a box that says capture only .m2t files.

I will test when I get a chance to see if the mpg files created from a capture in premiere are just as good as the .m2t files. If there is any clue, it is the fact that there is no conversion going on with the files themselves. They are named .mpg as they are being captured. So I really don't think Premiere is converting them.

Peace!

Nathan Brendan Masters · December 29th, 2006, 09:20 PM

Hey, I just downloaded Mpeg Streamclip so I'm going to check your clip out.

-Nate

Brad Vaughan · June 20th, 2007, 03:05 PM

Anyone ever get link for the .8 Canon WA?

It appears to be fantastic, but I can't find it.

Antoine Fabi · June 20th, 2007, 08:24 PM

Hi Barlow,

You sold your XLH1 ?

Do you see any difference in image quality between the two cameras ?

November 10th, 2006, 04:00 PM	#1
Barlow Elton Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UT Posts: 945	Clip: XHA1 with new .8 Canon WA adapter I think the camera was unfortunately dialed in with sharpness that needed to be taken down to compensate for some minor aliasing, but this will give a good idea of how nice the new adapter is for the XHA1--and only $500!! The clip was intentionally warmed up with the Kelvin WB manual control. http://media.dvinfo.net/canonxh/XHA1WA-1.m2t

November 11th, 2006, 04:36 AM	#4
Alex Leith Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northampton, England Posts: 500	Wow. For $500 that's pretty impressive. Lovely setup too. __________________ Alex

December 14th, 2006, 09:09 PM	#8
Steven Dempsey Disjecta Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 937	Barlow, can you point me to where I can buy this WA adapter? The only thing I can find online from Canon for the XHA1 is a .75. Anyone have experience with the .75? __________________ Try my Digital Therapy: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/digital_therapy.html Films on ExposureRoom: http://exposureroom.com/members/disjecta.aspx/videos/

November 10th, 2006, 05:40 PM	#2
Noel Evans Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 157	Great demo. Seems theres almost 0 barrel distortion if any. Im in need so will grab the WA this week.

November 11th, 2006, 01:24 AM	#3
Brent Graham Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 222	MMM Bertolli !!! You're making me hungry man!! Are they gonna have tv commercials now?

December 14th, 2006, 01:52 PM	#5
Jeff Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 194	How do I view an mt2 file? FCP doesn't seem to recognize it. Suggestions? Thanks.

December 14th, 2006, 05:51 PM	#7
Deke Ryland Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 213	Great clip! May I ask how you are able to capture your video to an .mt2 file? Premiere Pro always wants to capture my video as .mpeg. Is there any difference?

December 15th, 2006, 11:37 PM	#9
Barlow Elton Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UT Posts: 945	Isn't the WA actually a .75 fir $499? Deke: I captured the clip on the Mac with a free system utility app called DVHSCap. It simply captures the raw transport stream and saves the file as a m2t. On the PC I believe there is an app call CapDVHS that does the same thing.

December 16th, 2006, 07:43 AM	#10
Deke Ryland Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 213	Hey Barlow... do you get a better quality capture by capturing the raw .mt2 as opposed to capturing the mpeg version like premiere pro 2.0 does? I certainly don't want to be capturing anything less than the optimal video. Thanks!

December 29th, 2006, 09:20 PM	#12
Nathan Brendan Masters Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, Il. Posts: 85	Hey, I just downloaded Mpeg Streamclip so I'm going to check your clip out. -Nate

June 20th, 2007, 03:05 PM	#13
Brad Vaughan Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va Beach, Va Posts: 241	Anyone ever get link for the .8 Canon WA? It appears to be fantastic, but I can't find it.

June 20th, 2007, 08:24 PM	#14
Antoine Fabi Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: sherbrooke (Quebec) Canada Posts: 108	Hi Barlow, You sold your XLH1 ? Do you see any difference in image quality between the two cameras ?