Canon XM2 manual Quality, Optical Image Stabilizer, True-To-Life Colour, Sounds Good

QUALITY

YOU CAN SEE

		Fluorite lens
Glass lens	Red	Red
	Blue	Blue

OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER

We know how difficult it can be to keep a camera still. So the XM2 is fitted with an Optical Image Stabiliser (rather than Electronic Stabilisation which can reduce image quality). Its vari-angle prism reacts

Optional MA-300 adapter with 2-channel

TRUE-TO-LIFE COLOUR

Fluorite is a synthetic crystalline sub- stance with the ability to collect light at a single point. It bypasses the limitations posed by normal glass. The resulting image is extremely sharp.

A zoom lens is an essential feature on a

camcorder. But the downside of a normal zoom lens can be colour aberrations. The fluorite technology used in the XM2 L-Series lens eliminates almost all colour deviation. This and the new 3CCD system give viewers the pleasure of colours that are much truer to life.

to a sensor and bends the light rays, so the image reaching the CCDs remains steady.

SOUNDS GOOD

Some camcorder recordings have great pictures but the sound lets them down. For a fuller, richer, stereo sound, the XM2 has a 'direction accurate' micro- phone. This contains two pairs of pick-up elements, each for left and right, giving accurate stereo ambience and less mechanical background noise. Also, you

can change the

microphone

frequency charac-

teristics to match the recording condition (normal,

voice and windscreen). For high-quality PCM digital sound recording, an MA-300 microphone adapter is available.

AUDIO LEVEL CONTROL

Another sound-improving feature on the XM2 is the 2-channel manual audio level control. A special dial allows you to set the L/R level to exactly the balance you want for 2 channels. An easy-to-find audio level meter on the camcorder body, on the LCD and EVF screen shows the left and right 24 segment peaks.

QUALITY

YOU CAN HEAR

XLR terminals.