Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 26th, 2002, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,107
Aaron
I'll see what I can come up with this...
Aaron
I'll see what I can come up with this weekend and try to put something up...I've shot a few incidental gatherings, and the footage has been fine...its a little hard to quantify low light by...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 26th, 2002, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,236
I did get a message to clean the heads a few...
I did get a message to clean the heads a few weeks back...kindof early I thought...I've probably run 15-20 hours of tape through it....anyway, I cleaned them, and haven't seen the warning again. No...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
September 26th, 2002, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 92
Views: 50,018
Andrew,
I just got the 16x with the option...
Andrew,
I just got the 16x with the option of returning it if I didn't like it....I'm keeping it...largely for the reason you stated...rack zooms and focus shifts are super with this lens. It is a...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 26th, 2002, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 168
Views: 108,033
Your post got moved to startt a new...
Your post got moved to startt a new thread..."same old low light question"...
For a shoulder mount. I use an image 2000, and it works fine...Chris likes one from varizoom I think that is a little...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 26th, 2002, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,107
Bass
The gl2 works well in low light...
Bass
The gl2 works well in low light situations, but like most other cameras, it does need some light to produce a quality image, so my recommendation would be this. If you intend to shoot with...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 26th, 2002, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 168
Views: 108,033
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 26th, 2002, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 168
Views: 108,033
Bass
The gl2 works well in low light...
Bass
The gl2 works well in low light situations, but like most other cameras, it does need some light to produce a quality image, so my recommendation would be this. If you intend to shoot with...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 26th, 2002, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 404
Views: 182,600
Micheal
We had a thread going on this awhile...
Micheal
We had a thread going on this awhile back, where someone with a pal xm2 was seeing this. I did a lot of checking with my camera, and found almost no aliasing except in high contrast lines...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
September 25th, 2002, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 92
Views: 50,018
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 25th, 2002, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,015
Ralph
Every thing you said is correct...
Ralph
Every thing you said is correct (although there are a few DoF junkies around here that will quibble with true root cause of limited depth of field). Welcome to the league.
Barry
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
September 25th, 2002, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,154
Lets see...xl2s footage...is that the hard disk...
Lets see...xl2s footage...is that the hard disk camera with the native 16:9 HD chips with 24p (and 30p, 36p,42p,150p) for under $4000. I don't have any footage from it, but here's something from the...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 25th, 2002, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,583
Matt
If you are going to be in Santa Barbara...
Matt
If you are going to be in Santa Barbara prior to the start of school (finding housing, checking out the babes..whatever) you can stop by Samy's on Milpas street. They have the Gl2, as well as...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 25th, 2002, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,284
Josh
Despite the mathematical discourse...
Josh
Despite the mathematical discourse above, in practice, you will find it difficult, ne impossible, to achieve anything near "shallow" in terms of depth of field with a wide angle lens on the...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
September 24th, 2002, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 92
Views: 50,018
Jonathan
The 16x lens power zoom works with...
Jonathan
The 16x lens power zoom works with the xl1s zoom control via a motor mounted on the lens. There is a switch on the bottom that allows a choice of full (mechanical) zoom, or servo, so in...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 24th, 2002, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,284
Josh
Don't get confused between a wide angle...
Josh
Don't get confused between a wide angle lens and a "wide shot". To quote myself from a previous thread-----
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.....I think your point is a good one. Although I don't think the...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 24th, 2002, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,284
Josh
I don't know of any free "smart"...
Josh
I don't know of any free "smart" deinterlacers. I have used revision effects RSFieldskit, and found it to work well...don't know if it works with vegas..its an aftereffects plugin that also...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 23rd, 2002, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,284
Here are some thoughts on this.
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Here are some thoughts on this.
Realistically , the limiting factor which causes the "wide shot fuzzy's" is the resolution of the format, which at 720x480 doesn't allow for much in the way of...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 23rd, 2002, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 11,100
I don't think there is any magic going on...it...
I don't think there is any magic going on...it sounds like they were merely using a wide angle lens...which would cause both the perception of increased camera to subject distance, as well as almost...
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Forum: Sony VX2100 / PD170 / PDX10 Companion
September 22nd, 2002, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,988
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 22nd, 2002, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,048
Brian
The gl2 is about the same size as the...
Brian
The gl2 is about the same size as the gl1. (it's either a half inch longer, or shorter..I can't remember. My gl1 is on loan so I can't put them side-by-side.)
I wouldn't call it a big...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 19th, 2002, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,015
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 18th, 2002, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,015
Aaron
I've only touched an old xl1 for about...
Aaron
I've only touched an old xl1 for about 5 minutes. It was at b&H in NY, and I felt the image was pretty bad...(although this opinion is also swayed by the fact that the image was displayed on...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
September 18th, 2002, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,536
Donatello
I think your point is a good one....
Donatello
I think your point is a good one. Although I don't think the problem you described is specific to use of a wide angle lens as it is to lens-to-subject distance or more correctly...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 18th, 2002, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,015
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
September 18th, 2002, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,015
Aaron
Yes, in fact, I did note in my review...
Aaron
Yes, in fact, I did note in my review and comparison of the gl2, pd150 and xl1s, that the gl2's lower sensitivity ended up having the effect of the same or slightly less depth of field in a...
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