In additional to my two Canon HV30s and XH-A1, please welcome the new member, XH-A1s. I still need to read the manual to try to understand and play with the new feature. I will report back shortly.

There are more photos in my blog (http://lacolorshop.com/blog/view.asp?id=19).

Hi

Nice pictures on your blog! Some questions:

1. Is that the stock sunshade or has the A1s a wide lens adaptor with another sunshade?
2. On one of the pictures I can see a LANC remote, probably a Varizoom. What model is it and how does it work with XH-A1 in your oppinion?

Regards,

/Bo

Bo, thanks for your comment.

The XH-A1 has the stock lens hood mounted on it. The XH-A1s has the WD-H72 wide angle lens adapter that comes with a hood too.

I have the Canon LANC control and a Varizoom VZ Rocker. The VZ Rocker has a better zooming machanism and I like the way it looks. However, it was a little fragile. I broke it after 2 weeks and got a replacement from them. one of the pin fell out. But overall, I still like the Varizoom rock better than the Canon.