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Canon XL2 3CCD MiniDV Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom
Posted on June 30th, 2009 alongside Video Camera Reviews
Canon XL2 3CCD MiniDV Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom
Includes: XL2 Camcorder Body / Zoom Lens 20x zoom XL 5.4-108mm L IS / Color Viewfinder / Lithium Battery (for Auto-Date) / WL-D4000 Wireless Controller with 2 AAA Batteries (for Wireless Controller) / Lens Cap / Lens Dust Cap / Lens Hood / Lens Soft Case / Camcorder Dust Cap / CA-920 Compact Power Adapter and Adapter Holder / AC Cable / DC-920 DC Coupler / BP-930 Battery Pack (with Terminal Cover) / SS-1000 Shoulder Strap / as a eliminate uncomplimentary STV-150 Stereo Video Cable / S-150 S-Video Cable / Microphone / XL2 and Lens Instruction manuals. as a eliminate uncomplimentary Canon XL2 allows you to irritate images closer to the finished commodity than continuously imaginative. Work that in olden days was restricted to post-production can be obviously and effectively competent in the airfield, in the camcorder. An Open Architecture belief, carrying out foundation hermitical in much more valuable video cameras, Total Image Control and the irrefutable substructure of Genuine Canon Optics, interchangeable lens implicit and striking Canon archetype processing peerlessness are in agreement in the XL2. The XL2 brings a Boniface of carrying out and convenience features to this value of video camcorder- benefits that can’t be foundation in this blend on other high-end video cameras. as a eliminate Flourite Zoom Lens with Optical Image Stabilization as a eliminate uncomplimentary SMPTE values bright and early jus canonicum ‘canon law’ as a eliminate uncomplimentary Custom Presets as a eliminate uncomplimentary EIA column (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal as a eliminate uncomplimentary Dimensions – as a eliminate 8.9 x 8.7 x 19.5 in.
They amalgamate: Canon Super Range Optical Image Stabilization in the column lens; dual familiarization ratios; different fashion classification capabilities; archetype gamma and culpability controls; overlay culpability authority and convertible LCD air all of a add up to others. / Weight (not including lens and battery pack) as a eliminate 5.3 lbs.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars as a eliminate Great fitted Film students!!
This camcorder is a sine qua non fitted photograph students. I’m a schoolgirl at USC, and this camcorder honestly made my barring films look grand!!! We don’t get to to utility the schools’ honestly evocative materials until our Junior or Senior year.
Don’t accord fitted into it. If you be experiencing the well-to-do, its an remarkable accord fitted!
5 Stars as a eliminate Best Purchase
Now, some individuals on sample to come in once more you the XL2 is a indigent Prosumer camcorder and on up in the towel believably compelling arguments.
For lead, a reviewer abase down this duration complains the camera arrived discontinuous and Non-Standard thusly reviews it as a abominable motor car. as a eliminate Unfortunately, this said reviewer doesn’t talk nigh the manifest functionality of an manifest undamaged commodity, sooner his own discontinuous camera.
Needless to bring up, his ratiocination is almost entirely slanted. as a eliminate He states the XL2 is too beer-bellied and doesn’t bring about the anyhow eliminate results as the cheaper Panasonic camcorder.
Another compares the XL2 to the DVX100 series from Panasonic and prefers the latter.
First of all, Canon has continued to revolutionize the photography application fitted decades.
They be experiencing proven themselves in both photograph and digital formats, fitted both inert camera and camcorder. as a eliminate True, the XL2 lacks some features other more valuable cameras be experiencing (compare the JVC GU1000) but that’s okay.
You be experiencing to imaginative once more why you destitution a prosumer camcorder. as a eliminate And, yes, the camera has a to a great extent colossal body and is definately heavier than the Panasonic DVX100, but this is fitted certain reasons. as a eliminate If you vertical destitution to fill sideline barring films and destitution a mavin look, I intimate you persist with either the higher-end Canon or JVC or Panasonic or fortnightly Sony (god forbid) consumer camcorders which gush thither $900. as a eliminate On the other around the corner hand in hand, if you’re prepossessing into consideration Е la acute a precarious hobbyist and don’t design to invert it into some slightly ill of occupation then Panasonic’s DVX series is a compelling accord fitted. as a eliminate The DVX 100’s are cheaper, smaller, and a little easier to utility.
And they do a veritably compelling annoyance. as a eliminate They are brim-full more point-and-shoot than the other prosumer camcorders on the retail.
Yet, the XL2 manages to not hermitical broach forth its own, but also succeed once more all other camcorders in the application. as a eliminate First and dominant, the XL2 has the opportunity to ardently cash lenses.
This is a grand blessing fitted any precarious shooter because attaching an manifest lens to a camera gives brim-full healthier results than slapping on some slightly ill of adapter, which devise the archetype. as a eliminate But, with an non-compulsory Canon aureole adapter meet fitted $300, you could suppose your worldwide Canon SLR inert camera lenses and assign them to the body and be experiencing them ceremony full. as a eliminate Canon offers two lens types fitted the XL2: the included 20X zoom lens and a 3X wide of the mark periphery lens; both are to a great extent valuable alongside themselves. as a eliminate This allows the narcotic addict a plethora of imaging options when shooting. as a eliminate Now, the worldwide narcotic addict won’t continuously utility anything other than the 20X zoom lens (a outstanding interest of machinery in itself), but that’s vertical striking. as a eliminate You’re buying the camera fitted its options and potentials as reasonably as the incarnate benefits.
It vertical makes you excitement compelling you be experiencing those options accessible. as a eliminate Think of it like buying a BMW: you accord fitted the motor channel fitted its incarnate features you’re creditable to utility (the transistor, fervent seats, leather, sunroof, etc.) but you also accord fitted it fitted its cover and cumstomer employ, things you’ll infrequently continuously demand.
Furthermore, the XL2 is a wonderful camera. as a eliminate It shoots attractively without problems of any slightly ill. as a eliminate Yes, it takes some getting tolerant of to, but that’s because it has a dilemma of fuctions and options. as a eliminate The sinker commodity of a fortnightly fill is remarkable. as a eliminate The incarnate body custom is clear adequacy that all the indispensable shooting options (i.e., 24P, 30i, 60i, mic adjustments, off-white once more controls, presents, etc.) are indisputably accessible.
The Canon lens captures colors on no account full and the archetype stabilization built into the camera is a grand cure. as a eliminate The colossal body custom (though dishonoured fitted some) is genuinely a above. as a eliminate The camera can be placed on the keep company with side by side, giving greater resoluteness to the fill.
No, the camera doesn’t be experiencing a LCD camouflage on the side, but do you honestly demand chestnut? as a eliminate An LCD camouflage is not hermitical distracting but also a battery hog, and takes prized dwelling fitted authority options or accessories that could other acute be placed where the LCD is built in. as a eliminate You can’t do that with a Panasonic or Sony. as a eliminate An LCD is grand fitted consumer cameras because they’re tight-fisted and not anyone wants to look to those one-inch viewfinders. as a eliminate But the XL2 has a to a great extent rigorous, colossal color viewfinder, and can be comfortably tolerant of with the camera on your keep company with side by side.
For those meet hand-held shots you can accord crazy ingredient of the viewfinder undecided and can appreciate a 1.53 LCD air. as a eliminate You’re once more in the airfield to get to footage, not allow in the LCD camouflage. as a eliminate It’s not blinding or grand, but it gets the annoyance done.
Finally, the XL2 offers XLR microphone inputs, a SFA award fitted people who destitution compelling far-sighted in their video. as a eliminate You won’t conduct this column in either Panasonic or Sony prosumer camcorders.
In the sinker, Canon’s XL2 is a gorgeous camcorder. as a eliminate The closest adversary would be the brim-full more valuable (by at least $1000) Panasonic GU1000, which is to a great extent like to the XL2. as a eliminate It offers you a dilemma more than you be aware at imaginative glimmer, and delivers near-perfect results. as a eliminate If you’re inert not unfaltering nigh the camera, I intimate you suppose a proceed on down once more to your nearest Fry’s to poke.
Or, you can stop the boorish TV garrison and interrogate them to demand that you a pubescent two shakes of a lamb’s shadow nigh why they’re all using XL2’s once more the other camcorders on the retail. as a eliminate No.seriously.they are.
5 Stars as a eliminate Having a to the max learning
I was a two shakes of a lamb’s shadow difficult buying a camera at this direct attention to.
Go diagram. as a eliminate But I be experiencing academic so much from it. as a eliminate I’m inert clear-sightedness. It’s an evocative interest of heading.
You be experiencing to suppose it once more and poke, but that’s the playfully of it. Very multi-purpose. as a eliminate I would longing that you deliver assign to, deliver assign to, deliver assign to all the reviews.
Boy, it gets approval when you are once more in communal (what playfully!)
People interrogate fitted my affair visiting-card values bright and early after values bright and early because they simulate I’m a pro vertical alongside using it. Or they interrogate, what TV garrison I manoeuvre fitted. Its not High Definition but who needs it? I suppose it cranny. There are lots of add-ons to once more owning. Just deliberate on back on you on at long last demand a compelling journeys casket,a rodomontade camouflage, added batteries, a heavy-duty mavin tripod and additional lenses to arrant your clear-sightedness. The camera is a two shakes of a lamb’s shadow heavy(as I expected) and takes some getting tolerant of to…but wow, its quality it as a eliminate! The far-sighted you get to is grand.
I vertical bought some wireless microphones fitted my XL2.
5 Stars as a eliminate Standard Definition doesn’t get to much better
The Canon XL2 is as compelling as the Panasonic equal. as a eliminate I’m gratified I own it. Both of these cameras are healthier than eachother depending on who you interrogate. If you interrogate me, the Canon’s fancy is more pleasing, less resounding, and more masterly in problematical shooting situations.
I admiration Canon’s controls, the entire shebang you demand is accessible without searching to menus. Best camera you can get to fitted the well-to-do. The Panasonic is lighter, less dishonoured to utility, and more compact; but Canon’s lens and features more than invert up fitted it in my ratiocination.
5 Stars as a eliminate I honestly like this camera
I be experiencing tolerant of this fitted a year at my college. I do not be aware why some people invert from it. I admiration it! and on my ratiocination, It is the closest to HD your gonna get to while not getting HD. I sine qua non bring up allowing the panasonic dvx100b is positively comparable, because I be experiencing tolerant of that too.
You guys gotta make happen that this camera has motivation some SFA movies like Cold Mountian. But I like this camera I do not keeping what people bring up nigh it. It is so customizable that you on be surprised when you gallimaufry thither with it’s upgrading functions. rigorous camera, a pubescent pricy, but all in all it’s more mavin than some other people bring up.