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Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders
Canon XH G1S / G1 (with SDI), Canon XH A1S / A1 (without SDI).

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Old June 21st, 2007, 06:14 PM   #1
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Price difference

I have noticed the price of the G1 is supposedly a few thousand dollars more than the A1? Why?

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Old June 21st, 2007, 07:39 PM   #2
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These are some of the things the G1 got and the A1 doesn't.

1.485 Gbps uncompressed HD-SDI output

GenLock input and Time Code input /output
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Old June 21st, 2007, 07:47 PM   #3
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Other than that your looking at the A1.
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Old June 21st, 2007, 07:52 PM   #4
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Genlock capability makes the G1 more suitable for multi camera shoots.
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Old June 21st, 2007, 08:44 PM   #5
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The professional jacks on the XH G1 -- SDI, Time Code and Genlock -- represent about an added value of $3000 over the XH A1. But this was all explained long ago at http://www.dvinfo.net/canonxh/watchdog.php.
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Old June 22nd, 2007, 12:33 PM   #6
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Does 1.485 Gbps uncompressed HD-SDI output improve the image quality?

And is it still possible to do multi-cam work without the G1's timecode features?

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Old June 22nd, 2007, 04:41 PM   #7
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Assuming you have a device handy to record the uncompressed output to, it is better. Yes, you can do multicam work without genlocked cameras. I use a low tech clapboard for that purpose. You could use the flash from a still camera.
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