Any of you own (or owned) a XHA1 & a GL-2?
 

IMHO, the unit right of the box looks a touch flat visually which includes greys & blacks......a rather neutral look as directly compared to the stock GL-2 settings which is vibrant,warm and more pleasing, at least to my eye.

The basic question is:

Is there a setting/preset on the XH-A1 that will closely replicate the "warmth" that comes from the GL-2?

Have any of you in the past successfully color matched 1 or more Canon GL-2's to the XH-A1 and used them together in a shoot?

I would really be appreciate if anyone would be willing to share any A1 presets they have come up with to up-"warmth" the unit so that it's output colorwise, has the same vibrancy as the GL-2.

Thanks for your help.

Looking forward to connecting with you!

I know what you mean. I had an XM1 (PAL version) before the XH-A1. The simplest thing you can do, which makes a big difference IMHO, is to set up a Custom Preset that uses Cine Gamma 1. This has the effect of darkening the mid and bright areas just a little, which richens the colour. It loses about 1/2 stop of exposure compared to standard, but that's a small price to pay.

On dull days, or when there are a lot of dark objects in the scene, you might try adding "black stretch" which will lighten the darkest areas a little and give more detail there. I have set up CP1 as Cine Gamma 1, and CP2 as Cine Gamma 1 plus Black Stretch.

Another thing you can try is white balancing on a "warm card". You can buy professionally printed cards that are a very pale blue. This fools the camera that the light is "colder" than it really is, and so it adds a slight yellow/orange bias. You could make your own, of course, but you might spend quite a lot of time, and use a lot of printer ink, before you got exactly the right shade of pale blue.

Even without any of these "tweaks", the Canon is still a little warmer and certainly no flatter than the Sony FX1/Z1. I often combine footage from the two, and the Sony is much bluer. A bit like the difference between Kodachrome (Canon) and Ektachrome (Sony)...

HTH