Canon XL2 manual Manual, Functions

MANUAL	The XL2 features many more ways to control your
FUNCTIONS	images manually, eliminating the need for much of the
	expensive and time consuming post-production process
	required by many professional video camera users.

Chroma: This is used to determine the chroma saturation of the detected skin colour area that is essential for distinguishing between vibrant and pale skin colours. Once again the

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4.Red Gain

5.Green Gain

6.Blue Gain

INDEPENDENT R / G / B GAIN

This completely new feature allows you to independently adjust the white balance of the three primary colours. Red Gain can be tweaked from red to cyan, Green Gain from green to magenta and Blue Gain from blue to yellow. Adjustments made in-camera eliminate the need for significant post- production work.

MASTER PEDESTAL

The Master Pedestal of black serves as the video reference. You can now adjust the contrast in your images in-camera.

GAIN CONTROL

Adjust the sensitivity of each of the three CCDs from –3dB to +18dB in up to seven different steps.

SETUP LEVEL

The Setup Level function allows you to set the dynamic range of the picture that subsequently permits black-level adjustment of the video signal. This ultimately gives you the best shadow detail in any shooting situation and ensures proper focus, exposure and white balance.

SKIN DETAIL

Adjust five different values – Hue, Chroma, Area, Y-level and Detail Adjustment

–independently or using the factory presets. Together, these allow you to detect skin areas and adjust their tones. This is useful in order to counteract or magnify the effects of lighting, skin colour, skin vibrancy and environment. With the XL2’s detailed selection process none of the other areas will be affected – only the skin tones are adjusted.

Hue: This determines the hue of the detected skin colour area, from reddish to greenish – useful for selecting skin colours under fluorescent lights, at dusk or any other shooting conditions with different colour temperatures. The detected skin area is shown with a zebra pattern.

detected skin area is shown with a zebra pattern.

Area: The Area function adjusts the width of the detected skin colour’s chroma from bright to dark. This is particularly useful for discerning between many similar

skin colours.

Y-level:Y-level adjusts the brightness of the detected skin colour. This is used for distinguishing brighter skin colours from darker ones.

Detail Adjustment: This function softens the detected skin colour area. The available options are Off, Low, Normal and High. When Off is selected, no detail adjustment is made. When any of the other options are selected, a different degree of softness is applied to skin colour areas.

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7.Skin Detail Off

8.Skin Detail High