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Canon Strikes Back! New Canon Camcorder: DVCPro HD
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The Canon XL H1 High Definition Camcorder is a professional 1080i HD camera truly designed for Professional Broadcast, ENG, Documentary or Reality TV production. For Independent Filmmaking, Canon has included extensive Cine controls and the ability to capture at 24 Frame shooting mode.
The XL H1 is very rugged and solidly constructed with a professional black color theme. The camera features a flexible “open architecture” design, allowing for a variety of custom camera configurations and various applications for those working with High Definition video – Broadcast and Film . Its’ Top 5 features are:
1. PROFESSIONAL HD-SDI:
Uncompressed 1080/60i 4:2:2 HD-SDI output at 1.485 Gbps.
That’s right. 1.485 Gbps. This will allow for multi-format external HD recording to HDCAM, DVCPRO HD, and non-linear systems like a Final Cut Studio suite outfitted with an Aja Kona 2 card, for example.2. NEWLY DEVELOPED High Definition Lens:
20x HD L/SR OIS lens (5.4mm-108mm, f/1.6-f/3.5, 72mm filter size) with Super Range Optical Image Stabilization. This is not the same lens as on the XL2, it is a newly-designed HD lens for the XL H1, and in working with it, it is simply beautiful.3. THREE 1.67megapixel 16:9 Native CCDs
1440 x 1080 effective, selectable capture of 24 Frame or 30 Frame (24F, 30F or 60i) The XL H1 is a genuine 1080i HD camera offering three 1/3 -
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Oh dang, the tape mechanism is HDV or miniDV. Wish is was DVCPro HD!
It has an output for other higher end formats though.Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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The camera actually records HDV internally. It will output uncompressed HD while shooting so you can record to an HD deck, at least that’s how I read it.
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Right. I wish there was a low cost porta-deck for recording ala DVCPro HD. Heh–back to the days of the Cam>Snake>Porta Pak, no? 😉
Kevin Monahan
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[Kevin Monahan] “Oh dang, the tape mechanism is HDV or miniDV. Wish is was DVCPro HD!”
I really don’t like HDV at all. I’ll take DVCPro HD any day.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Don Berube mentioned that the Firestore FS-4 will be available for the XL H1 very soon, but of course will only accept an HDV signal, not HD. If I was to buy another Canon XL I’d like to use it for uncompressed 10bit and not HDV.
– Don
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[Kevin Monahan] “The actual CCD capture is 1440×1080 effective capture (same as HDCam SR & D5) “
But D5 and HDCAM SR record 1920×1080 not 1440×1080. Higher resolution chips = higher noise and lower dynamic range though. If you keep the dimensions of the chip the same and increase the resolution, something has got to give. You can’t fit more than a pint in a pint pot 🙂
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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HD SDI is nice, but it’s hardly practical to take along a HD deck into the field with you, and if you’ve got the budget for a HD Deck rental, you may as well have rented an F900 or Varicam instead……
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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…and that would be a pint o’ Newcastle Brown. 😉
Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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That would do me just fine 🙂
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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Kevin,
You were just joking right? Did you really expect Canon to secure the right to Panasonic’s DVCPRO HD vtr for a Canon product.
The specs on the Canon camera list that it is an interlaced camera which I have to ask why?
In 30 frame mode the camera would be psf but in 24 frame it appears it must be doing a 3:2 pulldown. I wonder if they are recording flags to reversing the 3:2 later in post?
Tony Salgado
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