Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
August 5th, 2004, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,527
I'll use it for:
Music videos, the...
I'll use it for:
Music videos, the occasional short film, travelogues, theatrical productions, and of course, picking up chicks (anyone remember this thread?)--
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
August 4th, 2004, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,191
I use the image2000...there are also offerings...
I use the image2000...there are also offerings from habbycam.com, varizoom and others....all $200-400...b&h has one by video innovators thats pretty cheap ($75), and looks like it might do the job.
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
August 4th, 2004, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,643
I don't know if this has been mentioned yet...
I don't know if this has been mentioned yet (didn't have time to read the entire thread), but have you tried turning down the sharpness a notch or two?....if your light level is reallly low, and your...
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Forum: Still Crazy
July 30th, 2004, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,377
Darrell
I owned the 28-70 that jeff referred...
Darrell
I owned the 28-70 that jeff referred to, but I was never happy with it. One day I dropped it...so now I have the 24-70. Its a noticeably better lens, and that extra 4mm on the wide end is...
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Forum: Photon Management
July 28th, 2004, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,378
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Forum: Photon Management
July 28th, 2004, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,378
The bulb I would recommend is the GE SPX35. It...
The bulb I would recommend is the GE SPX35. It has a color temperature that matches halogens and has the hightest CRI (color rendering index) in the industry. I've shot digital still and video in ...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
July 26th, 2004, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 167
Views: 156,608
<In the 16:9 shooting mode I'm not actually...
<In the 16:9 shooting mode I'm not actually seeing any more image on the sides, correct? It's the same 4:3 image with the top and bottom cropped, correct?>
Correctamundo. No extra coverage.
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
July 25th, 2004, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,818
Luis (looks like you edited your post...but I...
Luis (looks like you edited your post...but I decided, since I had already written it, to post answer to your now vanished question :,)
There are a couple of issues relative to the Depth of field...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 24th, 2004, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,144
Wait a minute luis...this is where I was coming...
Wait a minute luis...this is where I was coming from the other day...saying there was a lot of assuming going on...and no-one was trusting the listed specs...
Anyway, as it stands now..I think the...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 23rd, 2004, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 312
Views: 124,011
My experience is that wide shots...not...
My experience is that wide shots...not necessarily wide angle...just shots with a lot of information in them, don't hold up very well in DV. I own the 3x lens, and, for the most part, I don't use it...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
July 23rd, 2004, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 167
Views: 156,608
Matt,
The method I'm offering (not...
Matt,
The method I'm offering (not necessarily recommending over the crop and stretch method) really doesn't involve a 16:9 output in premiere. Its a simple letterbox technique, that will play on...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 23rd, 2004, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,433
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
July 22nd, 2004, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 167
Views: 156,608
The gl2 uses the classic crop and stretch...
The gl2 uses the classic crop and stretch technique (same as virtually every miniDV camcorder with a 16:9 feature. (except the new xl2). It crops the image to a 16:9 frame size, jettisoning the upper...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 22nd, 2004, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,144
Chris, All,
Thanks for clearing this all up....
Chris, All,
Thanks for clearing this all up. I had tried to make the same comparison's you suggested, but had been unable to find focal length conversions for the xl1s to match up with the xl2's....
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 21st, 2004, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,144
Boyd
ok so we're having fun, huh...then...
Boyd
ok so we're having fun, huh...then teach me how to make those cool italics in my posts....that's fun.
It seems to me that 60 fields of interlaced footage would require about the same...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 21st, 2004, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,144
Boyd...
Your example also brings up...
Boyd...
Your example also brings up this...if sony has the ability to process a 667k chip area on the pdx-10 (and an even larger 16:9 pixel count)...I would imagine canon could do the same with...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 21st, 2004, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,144
Ok..we're writing over the top of each other...
Ok..we're writing over the top of each other here. I'm not really willing yet to buy that this is a typo (if it is, then fine) but why do we think it is...because the image circle is .240? where is...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 21st, 2004, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,144
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 21st, 2004, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,144
Luis
Damn...you beat me to it...but I'm...
Luis
Damn...you beat me to it...but I'm going to post my post, and add some hyperbole to it as well.
Ok, Dan, Chris, everybody....stop the presses. I just did a little calculation, based on...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 21st, 2004, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,144
Dan...
Where did you get the information...
Dan...
Where did you get the information that the image circle of the Canon lenses is .24 inches? I've never heard this before, and although I've never known canon to publish the image circle...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 20th, 2004, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,014
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 18th, 2004, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,243
Mitch,
The main difference, is that you are...
Mitch,
The main difference, is that you are applying the in camera adjustments before compression. This is important in that the 5:1 compression used in the DV format significantly limits the...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 18th, 2004, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,225
Mitch
Start your journey here...
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Mitch
Start your journey here...
http://www.dvinfo.net/canonxl2/xl2skinny.php#features
this is a blow by blow rundown of most of the new features...and I think you can glean the significance...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 17th, 2004, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,110
David
So as one slides the the shoulder...
David
So as one slides the the shoulder support forward, and the evf forward, where would you put the hand grip and manual zoom and focus rings...seems like your grip hand would need to be right...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 17th, 2004, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,298
Now I'm just speculating...but in my comparison...
Now I'm just speculating...but in my comparison of the xl1s and gl2 I noted that in many situations that the xl1s hunted where the gl2 didn't, and that it appeared that the xl1s AF system was just...
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