• Canon Cameras

  XH-A1: beginner question

  Posted by John Magee on March 20, 2008 at 12:38 am

  I’m wanting to buy a used xh-a1. Is there a function that tells you total hours used for recording? Like an Odometer?
  Thanks,
  John

  Brian Findlay replied 18 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Brian Findlay

  April 22, 2008 at 9:23 pm

  Unless there is something the service people can access, the answer is no. I have three canons.. xl-h1, xh-a1, and hv30.. I bought them all new, partially for that reason. I have a sony hvr-a1u, and it does.. I’m not sure why they do this (or don’t).. but no, no way to tell. Personally, I would be careful, I know I have a NEW HV30 that if I was to sell, there is no way the person who bought it would know that I have been using it as an editing deck.. I’ve run over 300 hours though it, but it still looks nice, new and shiny and still works great, but I kind of doubt they are made for that kind of abuse.

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