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Old April 14th, 2005, 04:43 PM   #1
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GL2 as Second Angle Cam

Hello, I use my XL1S as my main wedding cam and I'm looking for another cam for angle 2 for the ceremony. I read it's not so great in low light so I'm curious how it will mix in post with my XL1S footage?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Old April 14th, 2005, 07:32 PM   #2
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i've got an xl2 and bunch of GL2s and 1s. I'd say that unless your videoing a wedding in the dark, you're safe.
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Old April 15th, 2005, 06:59 AM   #3
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I just DP'd a 3 camera shoot using one XL-1s and two GL-2s. They matched very well. If you can, set them up in a controlled space with even lighting and something colorful (I use a printed color bar chart) and tweak the custom settings on the GL-2 to make it match the XL-1s. If you can run them through a professional monitor with an A/B switch - you can get them really close.
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Old April 17th, 2005, 11:25 PM   #4
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Mike,

I shoot regularly as second Cam (XM2) to three other videographers who have the XL1/XL1. They have no problems editing with the 2 but as previously stated and prefer the XM2 to a non Canon.
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set them up in a controlled space with even lighting and something colorful (I use a printed color bar chart) and tweak the custom settings on the GL-2 to make it match the XL-1s
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by doing the above you will save yourself oodles of time in post but will still have to colour correct to suit your editing style so hope you have a good NLE.
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