GL-1 vs. GL-2 at DVinfo.net

Joe Riggs · January 7th, 2006, 05:10 AM

I'm trying to get to the bottom of some quality issues. I made two videos under the same conditions (a bright sunny day) edited and exported to DVD. One was made with the GL1; the other with the GL2, the quality of the video that was made with the GL-2 seems infinitely better, brighter color and shaper image. The video on the GL-1 was way soft. Since I just borrowed these cameras, I want to know if the GL2 is really that much better then the GL1? If not then it may have been some software issues that caused the degrade in quality.

Don Palomaki · January 7th, 2006, 05:24 AM

The GL2 does naturally produce somewhat sharper image. But another factor could be the camcorder image settings (color phase, color gain, sharpness, etc.). Were they matched before the shoot?

Joe Riggs · January 7th, 2006, 04:51 PM

Unfortunately, I didn’t match them because these videos were shot 6 months apart. I just recently looked at the quality of the footage from the DVD’s I made and the GL-2 seems to blow its predecessor away.

Mathieu Ghekiere · January 7th, 2006, 05:31 PM

I think the Fluorite lens of the GL2 combined with it's much bigger number of pixels (or am I wrong?) should resolve in a much sharper picture indeed...

But with some tweaking you should get the cams to get pretty close, I think.

Don Palomaki · January 8th, 2006, 06:57 AM

GL1 also has flourite lens elements. GL2 has more pixels for potentially sharper imge.

Mathieu Ghekiere · January 8th, 2006, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Palomaki

GL1 also has flourite lens elements.

Ow, didn't know that.
Strange then somehow they didn't give the XL1s not a fluorite lens?

Philippe Messier · January 8th, 2006, 09:50 AM

It's actually why some people decided to pick up a gl1-2 instead of a xl1-xl1s...moreover if they didn't need a removable lens...

Phil

Graham Bernard · January 8th, 2006, 12:54 PM

Xl1s to XM2? Huh! £2k cheaper when I bought my XM2 .. . all those extras: WD, Senni, Adaptor, etc etc . . G

January 7th, 2006, 05:10 AM	#1
Joe Riggs Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 189	GL-1 vs. GL-2 I'm trying to get to the bottom of some quality issues. I made two videos under the same conditions (a bright sunny day) edited and exported to DVD. One was made with the GL1; the other with the GL2, the quality of the video that was made with the GL-2 seems infinitely better, brighter color and shaper image. The video on the GL-1 was way soft. Since I just borrowed these cameras, I want to know if the GL2 is really that much better then the GL1? If not then it may have been some software issues that caused the degrade in quality.

January 7th, 2006, 05:24 AM	#2
Don Palomaki Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Northern VA Posts: 4,488	The GL2 does naturally produce somewhat sharper image. But another factor could be the camcorder image settings (color phase, color gain, sharpness, etc.). Were they matched before the shoot? __________________ dpalomaki@dspalomaki.com

January 7th, 2006, 05:31 PM	#4
Mathieu Ghekiere Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 2,195	I think the Fluorite lens of the GL2 combined with it's much bigger number of pixels (or am I wrong?) should resolve in a much sharper picture indeed... But with some tweaking you should get the cams to get pretty close, I think. __________________ http://productionsofthe3rdkind.com http://pr3k.com

January 8th, 2006, 06:57 AM	#5
Don Palomaki Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Northern VA Posts: 4,488	GL1 also has flourite lens elements. GL2 has more pixels for potentially sharper imge. __________________ dpalomaki@dspalomaki.com

January 8th, 2006, 09:50 AM	#7
Philippe Messier Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 89	well It's actually why some people decided to pick up a gl1-2 instead of a xl1-xl1s...moreover if they didn't need a removable lens... Phil

January 7th, 2006, 04:51 PM	#3
Joe Riggs Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 189	Unfortunately, I didn’t match them because these videos were shot 6 months apart. I just recently looked at the quality of the footage from the DVD’s I made and the GL-2 seems to blow its predecessor away.

January 8th, 2006, 12:54 PM	#8
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	Xl1s to XM2? Huh! £2k cheaper when I bought my XM2 .. . all those extras: WD, Senni, Adaptor, etc etc . . G