Hey man, I just bought 2 canon XH A1 for a production company that i’m building. I think I have the same problem that you have on both of my cameras. I was asked to do a shoot at 4:3 ratio and 60i. I noticed that my talent (person in front of cam) looked very soft and with out detail once I zoomed out. It looked the same way once imported to final cut. I was told by the canon people that it might be a back focus issue in which I would have to send these back to canon. My question to you is….were you able to get your problem resolved with the back focus or what ever was causing the problem? Was canon helpful in taking care of it? Or did you have to return your cameras?
thanks.
Karl Thompson