Craig Alan
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The other day, I was shooting with an XL2 in an auditorium. It was a poetry performance piece. It was a last second request. I did not attend any rehearsal or get a chance to test my mic levels or pre-white balance. It was lit for stage not video and it was too dark for the XL2. The Cam had trouble white balancing. I zoomed in on a white card (I had discreetly placed on stage) when the stage lights came up. And it blinked forever. I opened up the aperture as much as possible. The background was more or less in the dark so that was not an issue. The camera was having trouble with auto focus as well, so I switched to manual. Very quickly I learned that as distracting as a wide/great depth of field is, keeping your subject in focus manually without rehearsal is not always easy, particularly with the small viewfinder screen flipped up that the XL2 gives you. I wear glasses so flipping the viewfinder back down is a little awkward though I got my best shots hunched over the viewfinder with my hands on the focus and zoom rings for slight adjustments. It was tiring. Still, when the subject was in focus and tight, and I finally got the camera to white balance, the shots were very nice, though stagnant. The performance utilized projected slides to either side of the solo performers. At some point, I
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I find that our Canon Optura XI will input/output footage from a Canon XL2 and a couple of zr-80s (both of which have fried firewire ports) just fine. But when I try to in/out with a Sony dsr-11, I get this stuttering audio. All the Canon’s can
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The problem I experience is a stuttering of the audio. I assume this is the slippage you refer to? I find it really weird that this is a common problem and the only answer is to hook up a Canon camcorder as a deck. Considering that many pro projects are shot on Canon XL1s and XL2s and perhaps edited by someone else, doesn’t this cause a lot of headaches?
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Does 10.4 have the migration utility where you can back up all your stuff to a firewire drive and then do a clean install but select the option to have the utility move all your old stuff to the new computer? It worked for me when I upgraded to 10.3.
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Actually, Apple suggests unplugging everything and then waiting a bit and plugging back in. Some how this resets the firewire firmware or something.
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Yes. I agree on both points. I just thought it was an interesting article. In truth, almost everything in most video shots are in focus enough to potentially be distracting, which to me is the real issue.
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It’s Greater depth of field not wider. Check out https://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/dof2.shtml.
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don’t forget — you want your media on a different drive than the system drive. do-able on a laptop using an external drive. easier on a desktop. You also want to monitor on as much screen real estate as possible. If you don’t need portable go with a desk top. get the best video card you can as well.