I am looking for an external monitor but can't seem to find one on the net. Also looking for a shoulder mount, will any shoulder mount work. B H has one for around six hundred dollars but is out of stock. Looking for some alternative accessory stores.

Hi Drew,

You'll have to specify whether you're wanting an on-camera LCD monitor that mounts on the onboard accessory shoe, or a larger CRT external CRT field monitor. Either way, this topic has been discussed a lot around here, so try the Search function to bring them up... a couple of those threads are located here:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35232
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38175
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32235

Not all shoulder supports are adequate for the XL2. Generally you just have to do the research and determine whether a particular one is or is not well suited for an XL2. These are best discussed in our Support Your Local Camera forum (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=42).

Finally, see our Sponsors page (the link is in my signature) for our list of suggested dealers. Hope this helps,