Canon XL1 3CCD manual

Camera
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TheCanonXL13CCDDigitalVideo
Camcorder
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TheCanonXL1camerawasthemostadvancedcamerawhenitwasreleasedintheearly1990s.Since
thenithasbeenovertakenbyothercamerasbutstillperformswellbecauseofitsvariousmodes.The
beautyofthiscameraistheeasewithwhichvariablescanbemanipulated.CamerasbeforetheXL1
didnotallowthislevelofmanipulationoffunctionalityandassuchthiscameraisextremelyusefulfor
thetelevisionjournalist.
Howitworks
‐ BasicallytheCanoncamcorderrecordsinastringofalternatinglines.Thisreferstoits
resolutionswhichis530horizontallines
Features
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ThebeautyoftheCanonisitsinterchangeablelenssystem:thismeansthatyoucanchangefroma
normallens,toawideanglelens,oreventoalensfromanormalcamera.Bysodoingyoucanchoose
thelenswhichbestsuitsyoursituation.Thewideanglelensisbestusedforestablishingshotswhile
thenormallenswillbeusedmostofthetime.
‐ TheCanonXL1hasaSuperRangeOpticalImageStabiliserwhichisanadvancementon
previousstabilisers.Thiscanbedonebyslidingthesmallswitchontheleftofthecamera
andisusefulforshotswheretheremaybevibration.Itishoweverusefultoturnoffthe
stabiliserwhenyouspecificallywantashakyshot(suchasinoursequence).
‐ Theview‐finderisadvancedinthatyoucanuseeitheryourleftorrighteyeanditisquite
opentorepositioning.Theviewfinderconsistsjustofaneye‐piecehowever,anddoesnot
havethehandypull‐outscreenofthePanasonic.Thistakessomegettingusedtobutthe
pictureintheeye‐piececanbeadjusted.
‐ TheCanonXL1hasanoptical16Xzoomlenswhichishighlysensitive
TheCanonXL1has3shootingmodes:
1. NORMAL
Æ thisisthemostcommonlyusedmodeandisgoodformovement
2. DIGITAL
Æ thisallowsyoutotakestillimages