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May 12th, 2011, 07:12 PM | #1 |
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XF100 in da house
What a lovely little machine. First impressions:
1) Very sturdy feel for such a light camera 2) Fold out LCD screen is beautiful 3) Battery does not arrive charged 4) Camera refused to even format a 4GB non-UDMA card I have (said media is incompatible!) 5) Must. Read. Manual. :D Uploaded a test clip to Vimeo, but it's queued for processing. Will post a note when it's up if anybody cares.
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May 12th, 2011, 07:32 PM | #2 |
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May 12th, 2011, 08:19 PM | #3 |
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Thanks for posting! Yes, all XF series camcorders need UDMA cards, that's a requirement.
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I picked up a xf100 last week, before that I only had experiences with consumer camcorders and the JVC HM100. The XF100 blows the JVC OUT OF THE WATER. I LOVE this xf100, I wish I never purchased the HM100... :(
What i love about the XF 100: -using CF cards with two slots, and with the cool doors -being able to use $36 8500mah knock off batteries that lasted for more than 5 hours with the camera turned on -decent built in mics, with a built in audio control cover so controls are not accidentally changed during transport -the power save button comes in handy -fast power up and down -short loading time between recording button is pushed to stop the record, and pushed again to resume recording -easy, easy to use manual controls via the custom dial and buttons (i was on full auto all the time with the JVC because of crappy controls) -easy to use zebra and peaking -customizable buttons -beautiful LCD screen Well, the list goes on. :) Last edited by Sam Young; May 13th, 2011 at 09:34 AM. |
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I think Chris Hurd was 100% correct. I used my new XF-100 this week and after duplicating the profiles from my XF-300, I am hard-pressed to really see a BIG difference, if any, in the quality of the picture.
. I think this is a camera, by virtue of its size, I will use more often . I boosted the color matrix setting in GAIN to #25 for outdoor shots plus Cine 1 mode. . The lens is better than I imagined. Truthfully, If someone told me it is an L-series, I would believe them . Good News: NO INTERLINE TWITTER or SHIMMERING like the XF-300 after scaling. To me, this is a big plus not watching horizontal/vertical lines shimmer. .The DYNAMIC stabilizer tends to wobble a bit more than I would want thus emulating or magnifyfing the dreaded "Jell-O" look of a CMOS chip when walking. The REGULAR setting is the proper way to go and the REGULAR setting seems better than the XF-300, though this may be because of the smaller form-factor of the XF-100 compared to the LARGE XF-300. .One must purchase the Canon WD-58W for a wide angle and not purchase or use the prior "58" model used in the HS/HF/M series as you will get vignetting with the latter at wide angle. .The weak point for me in the EVF. I had to adjust the contrast. It is also MUCH smaller than the EVF on the XF-300, which I was used to.
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I haven't had a chance to test this yet. I'll leave it up to others. I primarily shoot interviews and stage presentations and the like. Not a lot of movement there. :)
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