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  XL2 – 24p settings and Tape Stock

  Posted by Kmac444445 on April 11, 2006 at 1:54 am

  Hi All,

  I am a newbie to the XL2. I’ve shot with the Panasonic DVX100.

  24p Question: Is there a setting on the XL2, similar to the 24p advanced setting on the DVX100? Any reason not to use this?

  Tape stock Question (I’m sure this is basic!): Any preferred brand of tape stock to use? Is there a reason why Panasonic brands would not work well with this camera? Or would a simple head cleaning tape do the trick if we were shooting with a cheap Sony mini-DV tape?

  Thanks for your input. I’m excited to shoot canon.

  Best,

  Kevin

  Don Greening replied 20 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Don Greening

  April 11, 2006 at 3:58 am

  [kmac444445] “24p Question: Is there a setting on the XL2, similar to the 24p advanced setting on the DVX100? Any reason not to use this?”

  Yes, the XL2 has a 24pA mode. Use it exactly the same way you would use it on the DVX100.

  [kmac444445] “Any preferred brand of tape stock to use?”

  I use the Panasonic Master series MiniDV tapes with great results. Apparently the Sony Master series are equally as good.

  [kmac444445] “Or would a simple head cleaning tape do the trick if we were shooting with a cheap Sony mini-DV tape?”

  I refer you to a recent dicussion from the Event DV forum:

  https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?univpostid=855340&forumid=11&postid=855340&pview=t

  – Don

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