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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 March 12th, 2008, 09:41 AM   #16
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Old March 12th, 2008, 10:44 AM   #17
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do you have any recommendations in terms of lens specs and reasonable price range? would a 17-85mm lens be an ok choice?
You can use a zoom. I've used a zoom (28-135) with my Letus Extreme and it's pretty cool. However, unless it's an "L" lense it son't be a fast lens, so depending on the light conditions during your shoots a slow lens may or may not work because all adapter loose quite a bit of light. The Letus Extreme looses about half a stop which isn't bad at all but it's still a loss. I tend to use prime lenses more. I have a Canon 50mm f/1.4, a Canon 85mm f/1.8 and am looking at buying a Canon 24mm f/1.4.

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and also checked out some of your work - good stuff- what's your workflow, do you use any custom settings on the camera(vividrgb seem the most popular) and do you do anything in post to the footage?
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I tend not to use custom settings most times. That way the original is "plain jane" and I can tweak it in post the way I want. When I do, I use the Black Press and bump up the color saturation a bit. But mostly in post I simply bump up the levels (black mainly).

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