Canon upgrades - XH A1s and XH G1s

Brian David Melnyk · November 14th, 2008, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Even Solberg

Wonder if it can do the #1 requested thing for the A1 - OIS on a custom button. :)

anybody know? i'm curious if Canon is 'listening'...

Shahryar Rizvi · November 14th, 2008, 06:09 PM

back in September I finally stepped up from my Sony HC1 and got a Canon XH-A1. Unfortunately, we had a fire at my house last month and my Xh-a1 was exposed badly to the heat and smoke. I had sent my xh-a1 to the canon factory service center and they just determined it "Beyond Economic Repair" from all the smoke damage. Now i need to decide if i want to get another used xh-a1 or perhaps get a new xh-a1s. I feel a lot more comfortable spending sub-$3k because of the level of my work with this cam, but i really like the ability to record to the hard drive also. I never want to go tapeless because i like the ease of archiving that tapes provide. This is a tough decision.

On a unrelated note, i also would like to replace my hc1 which also died in the fire. I'm thinking an HV20/HV30, but again, would love something that i could record to tape and also something like a hard drive or some sort of removable media, but i'm not sure if there's anything like this out there.

John Ray · November 14th, 2008, 07:25 PM

My next Canon HD camera will be the 5D Mark II DSLR..I can't wait to shoot some video with my 300mm 2.8L, 85mm 1.8, and 24-70mm 2.8L

Chris Hurd · November 16th, 2008, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian Wright

Canon seem to be a bit shy about the side of the camera where the XLR inputs are. There are no photos of that side in their press release pictures...

Your wish is my command:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/canon-xh-...-vs-xh-g1.html

Peter Kraft · November 16th, 2008, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Labriola

What do you think support for FS-CV DTE Recorder will be? Don't all cameras support this??

As long as Canon does not offer a solid state based camera, help yourself and attach Sony's MRC1K to the Canons' firewire ports.

Ken Wozniak · November 18th, 2008, 12:08 PM

According to the A1s manual I recently downloaded from Canon, OIS on/off CAN be assigned to custom button 1 or 2.

See page 73 in the US/English manual.

Noa Put · November 18th, 2008, 12:34 PM

If that is the case I can only hope Canon will provide such an option through a firmware update for xh-a1 users.

Bill Pryor · November 18th, 2008, 01:27 PM

I guess that's for the new S model only, right? Too bad we can't download something to do that on the original model.

Chris Hurd · November 18th, 2008, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Wozniak

According to the A1s manual I recently downloaded from Canon, OIS on/off CAN be assigned to custom button 1 or 2. See page 73 in the US/English manual.

Awesome! That's great news, which I had not expected. Thanks
for reporting this, as I haven't seen the manual yet. Good to know,

Louis Maddalena · November 18th, 2008, 02:07 PM

That is good to hear!

Although I will not be updating my current A1 for a while, when I do I will likely go to the A1s.

November 14th, 2008, 06:09 PM	#62
Shahryar Rizvi Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Laurel, MD Posts: 134	back in September I finally stepped up from my Sony HC1 and got a Canon XH-A1. Unfortunately, we had a fire at my house last month and my Xh-a1 was exposed badly to the heat and smoke. I had sent my xh-a1 to the canon factory service center and they just determined it "Beyond Economic Repair" from all the smoke damage. Now i need to decide if i want to get another used xh-a1 or perhaps get a new xh-a1s. I feel a lot more comfortable spending sub-$3k because of the level of my work with this cam, but i really like the ability to record to the hard drive also. I never want to go tapeless because i like the ease of archiving that tapes provide. This is a tough decision. On a unrelated note, i also would like to replace my hc1 which also died in the fire. I'm thinking an HV20/HV30, but again, would love something that i could record to tape and also something like a hard drive or some sort of removable media, but i'm not sure if there's anything like this out there. __________________ Current Audio Equipment: two AT822 mics, Sony MZ-RH1, and KE-110CCR. What else should I get for short films and recording stand-up comedy? http://is.gd/kePy

November 18th, 2008, 12:08 PM	#66
Ken Wozniak Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 179	According to the A1s manual I recently downloaded from Canon, OIS on/off CAN be assigned to custom button 1 or 2. See page 73 in the US/English manual. __________________ Woz

November 14th, 2008, 07:25 PM	#63
John Ray Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: columbus, oh Posts: 44	My next Canon HD camera will be the 5D Mark II DSLR..I can't wait to shoot some video with my 300mm 2.8L, 85mm 1.8, and 24-70mm 2.8L

November 18th, 2008, 12:34 PM	#67
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,509	If that is the case I can only hope Canon will provide such an option through a firmware update for xh-a1 users.

November 18th, 2008, 01:27 PM	#68
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	I guess that's for the new S model only, right? Too bad we can't download something to do that on the original model.

November 18th, 2008, 02:07 PM	#70
Louis Maddalena Major Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NYC Area. Posts: 550	That is good to hear! Although I will not be updating my current A1 for a while, when I do I will likely go to the A1s.