I sent you email 9-10-02

For $140 US inclu shipping? Is that a zoom through WA?

What are the difference between that and your century optics one?

Sounds like a total deal. I just might spring on this one.

Thanks

Adrian

hi guys-

i don't have a lot of time to give to this, so if i seem short please don't read it as that. i'm in production on a new film so please call cavision yourselves with any questions you might have. try the link in my first email for product information. the lens is not zoom thru. was never used on a shoot, but i did screw it on and off a few times (does that count?). i paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $240 or $250. I'd be happy to get $140 for it, and i'd ship next day air. Like I mentioned I can't spend a lot of time looking stuff up or anything like that. I can in a few weeks, but right now I'm totally swamped. if someone has stuff to swap hardware of software, i'd be cool with that too. i'm flexible and can ship usually in 24 hours. take care.

christian calson
nebunule films
nebunule.com

I am looking to buy any condition (used, new, refurbished) Canon GL2 as long as it works. It can't be too much $. I am on a very tight budget. Thanks!

If you are on a tight budget, why not go for a GL1? I think you will have a difficult time finding a used GL2 this early in their production. Watch out for grey market stuff.

I would like the GL2 because of the built in audio controls. With the VU meters, XLR inputs, and the manual audio level controls. I know you can add these things on the GL1, but I will be taking this thing everywhere and it needs to be small and simple. I also like the fact that the GL2 has CCDs with more resolution. Other small things help my decision also. Such as the clear scan, SMPTE color bars, digital photo on a SD card, and power shutoff override. Thanks for the suggestion, but I have considered a GL1 and many other less expensive cameras it for a while. The GL2 is the one I need. Thanks for your input though!

The GL2 is still very new, so there's no such thing as a refurb yet. There are not very many used units available that I'm aware of. B&H sets the price for the industry and the realistic cost is about $2400 to $2500. Ultimate Electronics, an authorized Canon dealer, sells the GL2 at full retail ($2700) but they have a great finance plan where you can put a few hundred down, and pay off the rest interest free for a year. You might want to look into a similar financing option.

That is a great idea. I had never thought of that before. I will look into it. Thanks!

If you are interested in a GL2
from a real Canon Dealer
$2400 w/ shipping and no pmt or %
for 5 mo send me an email. I can
help.
kwinfo@cinmail.net
or
watch4fraud@netscape.net

I will e mail you the information
and a toll free number.

Best of all Its free!

Thanks for your interest, but $2400 is a little more than I wanted to spend. Thanks for the offer though!

New Porta-Brace Heated camera case for the XL1 cameras. This case is designed to keep your cam-corder warm in cold temperatures.
see it here:
http://www.portabrace.com/asp/ProdDesc.asp?DescCode=POL

It is thickly padded with a high loft insulation material. The interior is lined with mylar fabric to reflect heat back into the camera chamber. Air activated warmers placed inside the case, maintain interior temperatures, to keep battery, recorder, lens and hands warm. Tested at minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Two hand openings at the lens are enclosed with cotton cuffs for a tight, warm seal. Suede leather handles make it comfortable to carry. A lens hood is stored on the case to protect the lens in transport, it also prevents condensation from forming when bringing POLAR BEAR in from the cold.

List: $356.
My price: $275 plus shipping

Also have Porta-Brace Rain Slicker for XL1/S $150.
Camera sold-

907-252-3585
photos available

I wouldn't mind seeing some photos of it. I will be doing some snowboarding video in Whistler this winter. It may be out of my current budget though.

Anyway, if you could post a link, or e-mail me photos at livingart@shaw.ca, I'd like to take a look at it.
Thanks

Dylan,

If you don't have the budget for Morgans cover, just try a standard rain slicker. Whistler does't really get as cold a up in Alaska so you shouldn't have a problem. I shot out in Fernie with my XL at around -15 and although the battery life was shortened the camera performed perfectly.

Thanks for the tip Adrian! Maybe I'll give that a try first. I wasn't sure how well it would do on the slopes. What kind of drop in the batteries did you notice?

Hi Dylan, Adrian.
I've got the jpegs on my laptop and I'll shoot a couple over to you tomorrow (Sun). Adrian, I believe you're well-intentioned but shooting 'bare-camera' at sustained -15 is not ideal unless it was a quick shot you had to have. The camera is rated for +32-40 F for a reason. I tried shooting caribou in winter, before I bought the Pola, and the internal servo functions of the standard 16X Canon zoom totally locked up. The lubricants on moving parts turn hard and creates a lot of strain on the camera. With the Heat packs in the case the camera stays at 70-80F and the batteries last normal length. Otherwise figure about 10 minutes running time.
Whether you buy the case or not is not an issue. My point is if your camera is happy then you're happy.

I just bought a JVC DV500 and am offing the XL1 Polar case and buying the Polar Bear for that camera. The XL1 btw was a fine camera and paid for itself many times over.

Best,
Morgan



Morgan Evans
Alaska Productions
www.alaska-video.com
907-252-3585

<<<-- Originally posted by Dylan Couper : I wouldn't mind seeing some photos of it. I will be doing some snowboarding video in Whistler this winter. It may be out of my current budget though.

Anyway, if you could post a link, or e-mail me photos at livingart@shaw.ca, I'd like to take a look at it.
Thanks -->>>

does the polar case work well as a rainslicker?

It would be ideal if it could serve both purposes.

I'm down in vancouver, but plan on shooting in the winter time, where temperatures get down to 0 degree celcius.
I will be going back and forth to Toronto this winter, and looking for something more robust than my homemade polarfleece cover I made last year (which was used for shooting some stuff 60miles north Toronto in the middle of winter. Not an ideal situation.)

Adrian van der Park

Dylan,

The drop in rec time wasn't huge maybe 15mins or so. Keep your batteries inside your jacket close to your body to help them out. You shouldn't have any problems with your camera freezing as on a sunny day in the Van area mountains, Whistler, Grouse, Seymore(can't remember how they spelt it) etc the temp won't be much lower than -5 to -10. If you were going to be hanging out in one place for hours on end shooting wildlife like Morgan, then you might want to take more precautions, but since shooting snowboarding you are always on the move, you should be sweet. I did that for a couple of seasons in both Canada and New Zealand and never had a problem, except for being taken out by a guy and snapping the VF of the side of my XL.

Hi everyone. I am looking to buy a Canon 3X wide angle lens. Does anyone have a good to mint condition 3X lens? thanks

Steve, I would have gotten that cam from you had I seen your post a week earlier. But since you've got the coolest email addy in the world, I'll take that EF adapter off your hands. stevenyc1@aol.com...classic! Give me a shout about that adapter.

<<<-- Originally posted by Anthony Fletcher : Steve, I would have gotten that cam from you had I seen your post a week earlier. But since you've got the coolest email addy in the world, I'll take that EF adapter off your hands. stevenyc1@aol.com...classic! Give me a shout about that adapter. -->>>

Hi Anthony,

you just missed out on the EF adapter...I sold it on eBay.

The cam is still available but supposedly the high bidder on eBay will be sending funds....we'll see.

Thanks...good luck.

Hi, Iam currently using an NTSC xl1s and I am moving back to Scotland in march 2003. I was originally planning on selling my NTSC body (about 7 months old at the moment) and buying a PAL body in the UK, My first question was "can I keep the stock evf or do I need a PAL evf? I called Canon but they were clueless as they didnt have any PAL bodies on hand to try and didnt seem to know how to get an accurate answer for me!! Oh well....then I wondered if there was anyone who wanted to trade perhaps?
I am not quiite sure which course to take but I wondered if anyone had any input on moving from NTSC to PAL. I am not sure if "classifieds" is the proper forum for this posting but I thought I would try.

i was going to go PAL a while back but i didn't. i got my NTSC xl1 with the b/w viewfinder and the guy i was going to swap with had the PAL w/ the crappy color viewfinder. when we swapped cameras and kept our viewfinders mine kept looping and i couldn't get a still image in the view. the viewfinders on xl1's are consumer little lcds. they basically suck, but then again it all makes for a very affordable minidv solution, so not too much complaint from me on that. you'll need to swap the body and viewfinder. i hope that's what you meant by vcf? if not, then i look pretty dumb. take care.

christian

hey, you are my first ever responder on this site, isnt this an awsome resource! Thankyou very much, that answers a big question for me. Oh, EVF is "electronic view finder" and I wish I could sample the B/W one but its a little beyond my reach right now, so I'm stuck with stock..........

welcome on. i hope you take advantage of the info on here. lots of smart guys on here. i love the b/w viewfinder because i'm such a control freak and i don't know if i could evern forgive myself if stuff was soft, which is hard because dv gets soft the wider you get, and i love wide shots. oh well.

i have been relying mostly on my sony monitor lately because it's pretty accurate and i get to see the shot in 16:9, which is how i shoot. the viewfinder is imperative because it's really the best guage for focus. good luck to you. i'd love to hear what you are working on. take care.

christian
nebunule films llc
www.nebunule.com

I can tell you that the 3x wide for Xl1s is much cheaper up here in Canada. I just bought a new one for $925 US in MOntreal and I get back $167 in taxes when I bring back across the US border.
Hope that helps you...
RC

Yep, it's no problem to get them new for under $1000us in Canada, is it more than that in the US?
I see them going on Ebay for $800+.

If you check the web, US prices are between $1260 and $1575 plus shipping. Much more than in Canada!!!.

I always grudge the insane Canadian taxes. I'm currently price shopping a 16x manual.

What Montreal outlets do you guys recommend? Or are you talking about Ebay exclusively?

The taxes up here are crazy (from 7% GST in some provinces to over 15% GST + PST in other provinces). The good news is the taxes are removed to those products shipped out of Canada, or are fully refundable at the border to those buying in Canada and returning to the US. I have heard tales of several retailers in Ontario where Canadians can buy products in Canada, take them home, and have empty boxes shipped to a US address, thus avoiding the Canadian taxes.

I do know of a good source for new 14X Canon XL1 manual lenses at $999 Canadian ($631 US) in Toronto. They are great lenses but do not have an internal zoom motor they way the 16x does.

RC

If interested in 3x wide in Montreal you can get one for $1531 Cdn at Royal Photo on Rosemont Ave, or at $1599 Cdn at LL Louseau on Rue St. Hubert.

Forget Ebay, as you will most likely not get a full warranty and refunds or exchanges are not usually possible. The 14X manual is avaialbe from Carman's Foto Source in Ontario.

Could this be what you are looking for?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1385900015

Good Luck!

The wideangle lenses I've seen have the little foreskin hood. The one being ebayed is circumcised. Does the Xl1 3x not come with it?

Yes the unit always come packaged with the sunshade.

Hey, I am looking to sell my brand new ag-dv 1000 and my not so new XL-1.

The AG-DV 1000 has very, very few hours on it. I bought it in July this year. The heads have maybe 4 hours. It is clean. It is completely scuff free. Of course I would include all the stuff that came with it. Cables, booklets. B&H lists them new at $919. I am asking $700.

The XL-1 I bought in 1998. I am not a pro and have only rarely used it on *special* occasions. These special occasions include 25 hours of shooting - A feature and a short. The rest of the time it sat in it's case, in a closet safe and dry.
Of course I would include everything it came with expect the original packaging. The standard lens, mic, battery, charger, etc.
I am asking $1500, obo. I have looked around and there doesn't seem to be any real solid asking price for used XL-1's. I have had this camera professionally cleaned three times. All the pixels work, i.e. no dead pixels. The aquired image is as good today as the day I bought it.

E-mail me at Chethardin@hotmail.com.

I have a new, unopened Prem 6.5 upgrade package for sale. Will take $120, and include shipping.
Mike Rupp, Phoenix

I'm selling a Canon GL1 with a Tiffen 58mm Warm Polarizer and a Canon BP-930 battery. Comes with soft carrying case, and all standard accessories. The camera has been used apx. 50 hours for Independent Films and Cable television.

A batch of stills from this camera can be found here. http://home.inreach.com/bobinick/gl1stills.htm

The camera is in very good physical condition, and has always been stored in a dry, low humidity area. It has been used with Panasonic Master (MQ) tapes.

The camera has no bad pixels.

Asking $1600 or $1750 with Beachtec DXA-4P + shipping.

Here are some pictures of the camera.
http://home.inreach.com/bobinick/gl1pictures.htm


nicholson_mark1@hotmail.com

Sold! Thanks.
Chet.

Looking for:

- POL-A (Polar bear heated camera case)
http://www.portabrace.com/asp/ProdDesc.asp?DescCode=POL
Needed as soon as it snows for snowmachine footage.
I had a guy who was going to sell me a used one local, but decided to keep it.

- HKP-2 or HPF-3 (Hiker pro camera case)
http://www.portabrace.com/asp/ProdDesc.asp?DescCode=HV
The HKP-2 one is not as important as the Polar bear, and don't really have a use for it until next spring during our dry season, but may use it in New Zealand this February (hit and miss with their weather).

*edit, added product links*

$1500 for an XL1? Someone got the bargain of the year there!!! To bad I missed that post, I probably would have bought it.

this baby is still up for grabs for anyone who wants it. I will ship next day air and I'll drop my price to $100 even. You can paypal me and I'll ship that day if UPS hasn't come and gone. Let me know. Take care.

christian calson
nebunule films

Is this sale for USA residence only?

kermie

I can ship abroad but I don't think I can send overnight, because there is no next day air outside of the USA. I can send it regular mail if you don't mind. But that's not a problem. Thanks.

Christian Calson
nebunule films llc

I'd like some different Porta-Brace stuff, if anyone is selling.
Definitely a couple used Porta-Brace rain slickers and maybe a Porta Brace gear bag. If anyone has any, let me know please.

I just recently purchased a porta brace BK-3 and was gravely disappointed with it. It was neither an aedquate backpack nor camera bag. I own other portabrace products (camera bags and rain gear) and they are outstanding.

I did not demo the model you want. However, the model I purchased and now returned was so bad, I wonder if the porta-brace people understand the needs of one who needs a two strap bag or backpack.

If you want I can enumerate the deficiencies I found, but for the sake of brevity I won't right now. But may I suggest, a Lowepro SuperTrekker backpack? I did some comparision shopping and found their design to be more like real backpacks and a plethora of compartment dividers.

Best,
Mike

Two Panasonic AG-DVX100’s for sale

(1) New, still factory sealed in box. $3600
(2) Opened, but in perfect condition with all original packaging, warranty card etc. one hour of footage shot, includes Tiffen 72”mm UV filter $3400

The financing on my current DV project fell through this weekend, so I must sell the cameras to recoup my expenses. The camera is wonderful, it's worked perfectly for me and I will miss it greatly.

I will accept Paypal (I have certified business account), cashiers check or US money orders. Buyer pays shipping and insurance of choice. Package weighs 8 lbs.

Please contact me directly via email. I have a number of folks that can verify my authenticity should anyone be concerned.

thanks

Stephen van Vuuren
stephen@xiveren.com
www.xiveren.com

Very sorry to hear about this. I hope you can find some way to keep one of the, You should have no trouble selling. My condolences,

This is Kata's RC-11 rain cover designed for the Canon XL1 and XL1s camera. The cover is in absolutely brand new, unused condition.

Kata's list price: US$100.00
B&H Photo's price: US$79.95

My price: US$69.00 (+ UPS shipping)

Payment methods: PayPal or cashier's check

U.S. purchasers only, please.

If you are interested please email me at: tanakak@ameritech.net

US purchasers only? What, too much hassle with UPS? :)

Actually, I just bought one of these for Keith Loh's XL1s for the Umbrella shoot on the weekend (with his money). Which was good, because it rained. I was quite pleased with the Kata cover, it did a great job. I think it cost $175cdn, or about $110us, so someone should snatch this bargain up for $69 pretty quickly.

Yes, indeed, Dylan. I learned my lesson the hard way <g>.

Don't be too put off international shipping by UPS. Shipping stuff through the regular post is much much easier.