I have read about changing the setting for detail on the XL1S. Is there a way to change it on the older XL1?

Thanks.

There is no such adjustment on either camera.

err, ah, there's a sharpness control in the XL1s which I would classify as a detail circuit...?

Indeed, "sharpness" would be the closest adjustment to a "detail" adjustment on the XL1.

When I think of a detail control I think of the labeled "Detail" control found on the DVX100/A and its big brothers. It does not seem to act as an edge-enhancer as "sharpness" does, but rather it seems to resolve each scan line more intensely.

interesting!

I haven't really explored all this, primarily because my rule of thumb with any circuit like this is "leave it alone...!"

So how does one get into the sharpness menu on the XL1??

I believe that was one of the new features on the "S" model. The original XL1 probably does not have it.

I doubt the original one has it. It is under custom presets (which
the XL1 doesn't have) on the S model.

You are all right, the original XL1 doesn't have the sharpness control.

I'll second what Jean-Phillipe said. However, my 953 DOES have a sharpness control FWIW.

I shoot with a guy who has a XL-1s and I tell him he has to match to my camera cause I can't go the other way.