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Andrew Kiu December 25th, 2004 05:20 AM

What is 1/4-20 screw mount or Universal Shoe Mount?
 
I planning to buy on-camera lighting kit...so can anyone explain to me is Canon XL1s Universal Shoe Mount or 1/4-20 screw mount?

Don Palomaki December 25th, 2004 06:57 AM

The Canon XL1 has a standard shoe mount on top of the EVF bracket that can be used for a camcorder light or some third party and after market mics or wireless mic receivers. Details are in the manual, you can download it from the canondv.com web site.

Andrew Kiu December 25th, 2004 07:55 AM

Thanks Don,
I couldn't find any detail in Instruction manual. it only mention about "HOTSHOE".

So Will it be compatible of the Mount Type for video light with Universal Shoe Mount or 1/4-20 screw mount?


MY SETUP: Canon XL1s, MA200

Boyd Ostroff December 25th, 2004 10:58 PM

I can't really help with the XL-1s specific part, but I CAN tell you that 1/4 20 is the thread size for the tripod socket on most camcorders. My GUESS would be that a 1/4 20 mount somehow attaches to the tripod socket with some sort of bracket.

Don Palomaki December 26th, 2004 07:46 AM

The illustration on page 9 of the manual shows the top accessory shoe, and page4 60 shows installing a flash-type light. There are a number of third party camcorder lights thwat would use this socket as well as the Canon models. I use the shoe with a Sony HVL-20DW2 and with a MiniCool light on my XL1. Which light I use depends on how much light I need.

The bottom of the camcorder has a standard tripod socket, see the ilustration on page 10.

Which you would use depends on the design of the type of lighting rig you get.


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