Aaron Koolen
May 31st, 2002, 08:05 AM
Wow, bet you were all surprised to see that topic instead of "xl1s vs PD150" :)
As some of you know, I'm new to DV and am still researching my camera purchase. I was down to either the xl1s or the PD150, and swaying more to the xl1s because it's cheaper here in New Zealand by about NZ$1000 (~US$500).
I have recently met a few guys who direct and make videos, mainly music videos at present and went to an edit studio the other day where they were editing a music vid. I saw the footage and thought it looked really nice and asked what camera they used. They said xl1, and I had to qualify, "xl1 or xl1s?". The cameraman said it was the old standard xl1. Now here is my question. The xl1 is just over 1/2 the price of the xl1s here in New Zealand. I've looked at the xl1s skinny here on the watchdog and understand all the nice new things that the xl1s has over the xl1 like Clearscan, better low light, 3 presets, no auto shutdown etc etc. One thing I'm not sure is on the quality of the picture. Are they they same? Apart from the obvious Low light, can you get just the same pictures from the xl1 that you can from the xl1s?
I'm wondering this because the footage I saw was nice on the xl1, and if I get that over the xl1s, then I save myself 4 grand which will go nicely toward, tripod, carry case, filters, mics and all a that stuff.
I was also considering the xm1, but the old xl1 is cheaper that that even, so what do people think of the comparison between those two cameras?
Thanks for the help......again ;)
Cheers
Aaron
As some of you know, I'm new to DV and am still researching my camera purchase. I was down to either the xl1s or the PD150, and swaying more to the xl1s because it's cheaper here in New Zealand by about NZ$1000 (~US$500).
I have recently met a few guys who direct and make videos, mainly music videos at present and went to an edit studio the other day where they were editing a music vid. I saw the footage and thought it looked really nice and asked what camera they used. They said xl1, and I had to qualify, "xl1 or xl1s?". The cameraman said it was the old standard xl1. Now here is my question. The xl1 is just over 1/2 the price of the xl1s here in New Zealand. I've looked at the xl1s skinny here on the watchdog and understand all the nice new things that the xl1s has over the xl1 like Clearscan, better low light, 3 presets, no auto shutdown etc etc. One thing I'm not sure is on the quality of the picture. Are they they same? Apart from the obvious Low light, can you get just the same pictures from the xl1 that you can from the xl1s?
I'm wondering this because the footage I saw was nice on the xl1, and if I get that over the xl1s, then I save myself 4 grand which will go nicely toward, tripod, carry case, filters, mics and all a that stuff.
I was also considering the xm1, but the old xl1 is cheaper that that even, so what do people think of the comparison between those two cameras?
Thanks for the help......again ;)
Cheers
Aaron