Canon XL1 3CCD Manual

A SERVICE OF

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‐ Sensor:Thisisforusewiththeremotecontrolandallowsyoutocontrolthecamera

remotely…veryusefulifyouareshootingonyourown

‐ Tallylamp:thisisatricksylittlebuttonwhichallowsyoutoturnofftheredbuttonatthe

frontofthecamerathatshowsitsrecordingsothatwhoeveryou’refilmingcannotseeit.This

canbeusedtoyouradvantage

‐ TheMicattenuator(MicAttonthecamera)isusedtoeitherpumpupordowncertainsounds

dependingonwhatyouwanttocomeout.Thisiscalled‘pumping’.It’sverygoodfordoinga

standupperorreportingfromloudareas,suchaswarzones

‐ Inrecordmodethere’salsolongplayandshortplayoptions.Basicallywhatthisdoesisallow

youtolengthenyourtape.Thisdecisionmustalwaysbemadeatthebeginningofashoot

thoughbecauseifyouswitchhalfwaythroughyourtapewillbeuseless.Shortplayisthe

normalmodeandgivesyouthebestquality.Itisn’tadvisabletouselongplaybutin

situationswhereyoumayonlyhaveonetapethelongplaysettingcanincreaseyourtape

capacitybyone‐third.Thisdoeshoweverlowertheresolution.

‐ A/F=AutoFocus:ifyou’reinmanualthiswillautofocusforyou.

‐ N/DFilter=NeutralDensityFilter:thisautomaticallychopsdownhowmuchlighttheiris

acceptsthroughthelens;itdecidesitselfwhenitneedstobeused(thesunlightwillflashto

tellyou).

‐ Spotlight:Thisisusefulforshootinginsituationswhereyouareshootingaspotlight.Byusing

thisyoucanshootwhateverisunderthespotlightandthiswillsmoothoutthepotentialover‐

contrast.

‐ PictureSearch:Thisisausefullittletooltocheckoutyourlastshots

‐ AudioMonitorSwitch:ThisallowsareadoutontheVUreaderwhichtellsyouifyou’reover‐

modulating,etc.

‐ W/BissupposedtooverridetheAutosetting

‐ Whitebalance:thisallowsyoutosetthewhitesinyourrecording.Therearethreesettings

whichcanbechangedwitharounddialwhichyoupushintoselect.

‐ Ontheleftisthelightbulbswitchywhichisreallyusefulforindoorlight

‐ Thenthere’sthesunlightswitchwhichisusefuloutdoors

‐ Thelastswitchisnegotiable

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