Canon XL1 3CCD Manual

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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

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thisisthemostcommonlyusedmodeandisgoodformovement

2. DIGITAL

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thisallowsyoutotakestillimages