Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
September 12th, 2005, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 9,740
Technology Versus Art
Sometimes it pays not to discuss the technology. I had an interesting discussion a while back with someone who made a wildlife series for a mainstream broadcast channel here in the UK, who is an...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
August 31st, 2005, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,203
Re: Howdy
Hi Martin
It arrived this morning (sadly I'm at work), so I'll give it a whirl tonight.
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
August 30th, 2005, 03:58 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,203
910 Viewfinder side
I did find that with the larger battery on the left hand side of the 910 it was banging my head when wearing headphones. Easily overcome by adjusting the viewfinder out further to the left and...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
August 21st, 2005, 03:19 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 51,594
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
August 20th, 2005, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 51,594
FU-1000 & XL2 16:9
I am thinking of getting the FU-1000 for my XL2. Can anyone tell me if it displays the 16:9 aspect ration when the canon is set to 16:9 or is it squeezed ?
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
August 5th, 2005, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 1,555
Views: 277,316
Thanks for all those comments.
in response...
Thanks for all those comments.
in response to:
Just to clarify, I used 4 ch sound on a wedding (front stereo mic for atmos & general) and a radio mic on Ch3). 12 bit 32Khz is perfectly...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
August 5th, 2005, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 1,555
Views: 277,316
Vegas Capturing Question(s)
Hi all
I have three questions relating to capturing within Vegas, all SD DV.
1. I have some footage from an XL2 recording with 4 channel sound. I haven't found a way yet to capture this using...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
August 5th, 2005, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,173
Upsample/uprez
I'm Fairly new to vegas. I am aware of the chroma blur, but how do you upsample to 4:1:1 or even 4:2:2 color space in Vegas ?
Obviously I am trying to clean up DV greenscreen footage prior to...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
August 4th, 2005, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,949
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
August 3rd, 2005, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,901
User Bit
Assuming that you set up the userbit to mark camera / tape, how is this used by capture software etc ? Indeed is it useful outside the camera ?
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
July 28th, 2005, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 1,555
Views: 277,316
Countdown timer
I am trying to get a countdown timer based on timecode in seconds/frames. If I apply a timecode operator all is well in that the code goes from 0 upwards. I tried reversing the clip but the...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 27th, 2005, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,310
Was optical image stabalising on whilst on a...
Was optical image stabalising on whilst on a tripod ? I experienced a similar thing when using the 1.6x extender an 20x zoom, but I would have described the effect as vertical bouncing ....
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 27th, 2005, 04:13 AM
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Replies: 155
Views: 55,839
It's excellant. Just the preset renaming alone...
It's excellant. Just the preset renaming alone is a great feature, being able to assign a meaninful title to a preset. This software now means that any setup can be saved & loaded at ease and be...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 5th, 2005, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 105
Views: 20,237
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 5th, 2005, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 105
Views: 20,237
Wide Angle - Barrel Distortion
I have the red-eye wide angle adapter, which seems to produce acceptable results when viewed on a TV screen (although a little soft on the edges).
However, when viewed on a PC (which shows the...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
July 4th, 2005, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,511
JVC GY-HD100 - What's canon going to offer ?
Just been looking at the JVC GY-HD100. Interchangeable lenses, 24p, SD & HD, hard disk recording......
Is Canon going to offer us XL2 owners anything ? This looks like serious competition.
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 29th, 2005, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,403
Lossless DV Codec
Try this codec. Saves a bit more space over uncompressed and is lossless in terms of quality.
http://www.alparysoft.com/products.php?id=8&item=35
Don't know if there are any issues with AE,...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
June 22nd, 2005, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,001
Matte Box
I have the fujinon 16x manual lens (Optex modified). Anyone recommend an affordable matte box with flags / rails + followfocus for this setup ? Also would like to use the matte box for the 20x...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 6th, 2005, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 1,964
Views: 304,365
Hi
I am seeing this on the external preview...
Hi
I am seeing this on the external preview monitor, set to output through firewire->CAM->JVC Monitor (TV Monitor). What I always do is use a frame buffer so I can see what the final output would...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 6th, 2005, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 1,964
Views: 304,365
Vegas 6 - muddy output ?
Hi
I looking to get a new NLE and have read much about Vegas, so downloaded the eval copy to give it a go. I am choosing between AVID XPRESS DV (because I like the workflow & look) and Vegas...
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Forum: Dolly / Track / Cable
June 5th, 2005, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,865
Hi Dan
Thanks for your comments, and thanks...
Hi Dan
Thanks for your comments, and thanks for the great book!!
I have only just built this dolly, and did a post here quick. The photo's are still drying!! I will send you feedback direct...
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Forum: Dolly / Track / Cable
June 4th, 2005, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,865
PVC is King!!
Here are the photos of my (DVcamerarigs I should say!!) dolly system. It;s still being "adjusted" (like the dolly is a bit small).
http://www.xlr.demon.co.uk/img/dolly0001.jpg...
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Forum: Dolly / Track / Cable
June 2nd, 2005, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,865
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
June 2nd, 2005, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,053
Oh well!
I would have assumed that as the firewire port is there it with software (and hardware) to talk to the PC, then it would have been a software only feature, but perhaps not. You're right, the...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
June 2nd, 2005, 03:02 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,053
Canon user feedback - firewire drive...
Is there a forum (or method) that we users can make suggestions to canon on what features we would want from their products ?
It can't be much work to include a software driver so that a standard...
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