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July 12th, 2004, 11:36 PM
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Obstreperous Rex
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It's official: Canon XL2 announced
The word is out.
See http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedat...40713_xl2.html. You heard it here first! Stay tuned to DV Info Net for "further developments." |
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July 12th, 2004, 11:38 PM
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Obstreperous Rex
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See link above for full story, but here's a juicy quote for you:
"NEW YORK, July 13, 2004 — Canon's new XL2 camcorder offers an evolutionary design and new professional features — including a choice of 60i, 24p or 30p frame rates, 4:3 or high resolution 16:9 aspect ratio, new 680,000 pixel progressive scan CCDs, and a full line of customizable controls for cine-looking results. Along with its new 20x interchangeable lens, this new Mini-DV camcorder empowers cinematographers and videographers with a completely customizable broadcast and feature film quality acquisition tool." Much more at the press release link above. |
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July 13th, 2004, 12:21 AM
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Air China Pilot
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Oh man....
and I just had convinced myself to stick with being a writer... and I just bought a car!
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July 13th, 2004, 12:36 AM
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July 13th, 2004, 12:38 AM
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Any pics? We want pics!
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July 13th, 2004, 12:48 AM
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Obstreperous Rex
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There's an embargo on pics for a few more hours yet. The press conference at DV Expo later this morning is the official unveiling. Photos to follow soon afterwards!
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July 13th, 2004, 01:04 AM
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Great
That's great news! Hope it'll proove to be all it seems!
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July 13th, 2004, 01:10 AM
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wow
I can't wait
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July 13th, 2004, 01:10 AM
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thank
GOD that 16x manual lens I have is still worth something, but a 20x lens hmmmmm I keep renting extenders and 24p(now I wont have to buy that dvx) .... very excited cant wait to see pics. Of course Im one of those who wont buy for a year with my fear of bugs in the 1st offering but still.......
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July 13th, 2004, 01:30 AM
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I'll have to go the place I buy all my gear at and bug them about when they will get the XL-2, now all the DVX100 users can shake in their boots!!!
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July 13th, 2004, 01:31 AM
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I'm dissappointed that it's not an HD cam, but I'm sure there was a good reason for this, like to keep the price under $5000. The line about supporting SMPTE timecode is a little confusing to me. It's not DV CAM format, right? Will regular mini-DV decks be able to read this timecode?
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July 13th, 2004, 01:38 AM
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Obstreperous Rex
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It's not DVCam, no. The SMPTE time code, user bits, etc. are similar to -- well, maybe even identical to this very same feature on the Panasonic DVX100A, which is also plain vanilla DV. The DVX writes SMPTE-compliant VTC into the sub-code area of the DV tape. I'm willing to bet that the XL2 does exactly the same. Just a guess, though.
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July 13th, 2004, 01:41 AM
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here you go.. nothing radically different on the looks front:
http://www.canon-sales.co.jp/dv/line...kit/point.html |
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July 13th, 2004, 01:47 AM
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July 13th, 2004, 01:49 AM
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thanks
to jarrad and masahiro for that sneak peak, notice the integrated shoulderpad of course now im shaking in my boots because I use the Anton Bauers with mine and is there a place to mount the holder on the new shoulder pad....im also wondering how the viewfinder is going to be. I guess Im going to have a hard time falling asleep tonight :)
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