Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 9th, 2004, 07:26 PM
|
|
Replies: 79
Views: 17,719
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 9th, 2004, 04:27 PM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 11,837
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 9th, 2004, 04:21 PM
|
|
Replies: 38
Views: 9,112
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 9th, 2004, 04:18 PM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 11,837
New Full Res XL2 footage online
I've posted a few more clips online at full resolution.
All were shot in 30p 16:9 with camera settings on default. Typically I used manual focus, white balance and exposure. Daytime shots around...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 9th, 2004, 03:44 PM
|
|
Replies: 79
Views: 17,719
Bill
Sorry I didn't read your first post...
Bill
Sorry I didn't read your first post correctly--specifically the part about the xlrs. I know very little about sound. What are the drawbacks of not having mic/line level presets?...how is...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 9th, 2004, 02:42 PM
|
|
Replies: 79
Views: 17,719
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 9th, 2004, 02:25 PM
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 2,123
Alexis...
I had the same experience with the...
Alexis...
I had the same experience with the box.....where's the microphone!?! I think we should move this to the top of the forum as a PSA, so noone has a heart attack before they get to use...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 9th, 2004, 09:50 AM
|
|
Replies: 74
Views: 20,896
Aaron
No, the footage is at native...
Aaron
No, the footage is at native resolution (480x720)...shouldn't be larger than 720p(720x1280)...the only change I made was a QT preview "stretch" so that the footage would be seen in its...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 8th, 2004, 07:12 PM
|
|
Replies: 74
Views: 20,896
Kevin,
I haven't gotten that far yet...still...
Kevin,
I haven't gotten that far yet...still trying to nail down the default "look"...usually I see some defect in the image that I'm trying to correct, and so far I'm not really seeing any...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 8th, 2004, 06:36 PM
|
|
Replies: 38
Views: 9,112
Maya,
No offense taken...just having a...
Maya,
No offense taken...just having a spirited discussion. :)
One of the things that we all need to remember about these cameras, and it has been said often by people much wiser than...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 8th, 2004, 05:17 PM
|
|
Replies: 74
Views: 20,896
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 8th, 2004, 03:09 PM
|
|
Replies: 38
Views: 9,112
<<<Not that it's a bad camera, but I guess wiht...
<<<Not that it's a bad camera, but I guess wiht all the talk and hype we were expecting to be blown away by the picture quality...but instead it looks pretty much like DVX100.....again that's not a...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 8th, 2004, 12:05 PM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 7,990
Joel..
yes this is a different bag, and it...
Joel..
yes this is a different bag, and it looks like it will work just fine...the bag I saw isn't on their website...so perhaps it has been discontinued...it was like their DV bag, only bigger.
...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 8th, 2004, 11:55 AM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 7,990
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 8th, 2004, 09:06 AM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 7,990
Joel,
I'm not sure what case I was looking...
Joel,
I'm not sure what case I was looking at, but it was most likely the ccc-10...the camera fit fine lengthwise, but the lid is a sloping zippered half moon, and it was severly impeded by the...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 7th, 2004, 10:12 PM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 7,990
Greg..
Actually its the Commercial AW...
Greg..
Actually its the Commercial AW DV....(thanks for making me look this up...I paid $100 too much for the bag...damn)....the AW bag is for still cameras. Now it is essentially the same exact...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 7th, 2004, 09:58 PM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 7,990
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 7th, 2004, 09:49 PM
|
|
Replies: 74
Views: 20,896
I don't have an (A) model of the DVX for...
I don't have an (A) model of the DVX for comparison, but the grabs I posted show that the first DVX and XL2 are almost identical at default in terms of dynamic range.(there is about a 1/6 stop...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 7th, 2004, 09:36 PM
|
|
Replies: 38
Views: 9,112
Marty...
Are you using auto white balance on...
Marty...
Are you using auto white balance on these...or a preset...or are you manually white balancing...? I did some tests a few years back on the xl1, and was chastised for not manually white...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 7th, 2004, 09:10 PM
|
|
Replies: 249
Views: 106,156
Richard, see my post under "xl2 first...
Richard, see my post under "xl2 first impressions" for more...but here's what I found. 3x lens appears to have all zoom speeds...certainly the slowest one works... Yes the 3x zoom is significantly...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 7th, 2004, 09:04 PM
|
|
Replies: 37
Views: 7,990
I was at samy's this weekend trying to find a...
I was at samy's this weekend trying to find a case for my xl2...the Kata bag ---( I'm not sure the number, but it was next to the Canon xl1 case, and appeared like it was the right size)---didn't...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 7th, 2004, 08:53 PM
|
|
Replies: 74
Views: 20,896
Just back from a few scorching days in San...
Just back from a few scorching days in San Diego...Here are a few comments on my extended use of the camera, as well as responses to a few of your questions.
Lenses.. I had time to put the 3x and...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 5th, 2004, 08:12 AM
|
|
Replies: 74
Views: 20,896
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 4th, 2004, 08:19 PM
|
|
Replies: 74
Views: 20,896
XL2 full resolution footage posted
The full resolution footage is up on my .mac public folder...you can access it here.
http://homepage.mac.com/barrygoyette/FileSharing15.html
If you have problems downloading it, it is also...
|
|
Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 4th, 2004, 07:34 PM
|
|
Replies: 74
Views: 20,896
Frame Grabs from XL2 and DVX posted
Ok. these aren't too exciting but they do provide a decent side by side comparison of the DVX and XL2 images.
Both cameras were set to default settings. Manually white balanced. Exposure was...
|
