Help!!! record and playback error
 

Help me please....
i,m ferry, my XL1s have a problem with playback and record, when record it's come teks " head dirty, insert cleaning casette ", i do that warning..and it's can record normally, but when i try playback...it's come blue screen and no time code...it's mean i'm record but nothing recorded..cassette round when record, tally lamp on and all record item is on..but i've nothing after that...
WHY??? i always were new mini DV sony premium. always!! why?? it's important things in that. i'm so sad!! please help me
Notes: 1 week early i change new head..because that warning and advise from local canon technician. and nothing help...
please.....

1 more thing
 

i've 2 XL1s and when i try playback in another one...nothing recorded

Did you try running a cleaning cassette? It should help.

Yes, that's right. Thank you.

Perhaps I should've said FRAME MODE instead of frame rate in reference to the XL1s.

24p possible? on a Pal XL1
 

I keep hearing that shooting in 24p is more film like, but can I do it with an XL1 from the UK? Or do I need to edit in post?
If i have to do it in post do I need to make sure the camera is set to work well with it.

24P is not possible with your PAL camcorder. Shoot in Frame mode. It will approximate a 25P look. There's no visual difference between 25P and 24P, so you're good to go.

Whats the frame mode? Where do I set that?

Also, what does 25p actually mean and what does it do?

Thanks.

CL 8-120mm lense on an XL1?
 

Is there an adapter that I can get to fit a Canon CL 8-120mm Macro lense onto my Canon XL1?

Or will it fit already?


Thanks

The VL series lenses were for the Canon L1 and L2 Hi8 camcorders. They were designed for a half inch CCD and will not fit the XL-series. There is no commercially offered adapter, and there is good reasons to question whether or not it would provide acceptable performance on the XL series if an adapter was available.

This is discussed in more depth in an article on the XL1 watchdog pages:
http://www.dvinfo.net/canon/articles/article13.php

Thanks, guess i'll sell it on ebay.