Reset button on XL H1

Willard Hill · November 22nd, 2010, 08:41 AM

Simon,thanks for the kind comment. I have not yet edited footage from the 7D and XL-H1 and nanoFlash into a presentation of any type, but will do so soon. I expect the results to be pleasing: however, as I have integrated footage from both when using the HDV output from the H1 and I thought it mixed together acceptably well.

Simon Wood · November 23rd, 2010, 02:29 PM

Just bought a Nanoflash!

I was lucky and managed to get it secondhand from an EX3 user who was upgrading his camera equipment and sold all of his existing set-up piece by piece. I have been on the look out for a used Nano for a while (but they hardly ever seem to come up for sale, which means their owners hang on to them - a good sign!).

Michael Galvan · November 23rd, 2010, 11:51 PM

Here are some pics of how I mount my Nano to my XLH1S.

I basically velcro it to piggyback my AB Dinoic 90s, which power both the camera and the Nano at the same time. And I have a AB Universal Mounting plate which I connect to the side of the XL back mount, which protects the Nano a little (andfits perfectly!)

And it balances the camera out very nicely to have the weight on your shoulder, versus it being slightly front heavy in its default configuration. Hope this helps.

Simon Wood · November 26th, 2010, 07:51 AM

Thanks for that Michael - looks like a nice set up.

Still working out how I'm going to mount my Nanoflash. As I'm using the XLH1 I'm going to be having 3 cables (plus a XLR cable to power it). Still waiting for all the cables in the post (so the nano is sitting on my desk and no way to use it yet! I'll just adapt the standard plate to mount it I guess.

One thing - I always use an ENG style Portabrace CBA-XL2 cover on my camera, but I can't see anyway of using this with my Nanoflash (as the cover locks down the analogue out and HD/SDI & timecode out ports. Guess I'm going to have to start cutting up the cover - have any XL owners done something similar?

Marty Molloy · February 17th, 2012, 01:51 PM

In response to Bjorn's problem (almost 2 years later in this thread) with the tapes not counting up to the full length, we also had that problem. It turned out for us that it was the heads that were somehow out of alignment. We sent the camera in for service on those and our problem was solved. I believe the service center replaced the heads on our XL-H1.

November 22nd, 2010, 08:41 AM	#16
Willard Hill Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 191	Simon,thanks for the kind comment. I have not yet edited footage from the 7D and XL-H1 and nanoFlash into a presentation of any type, but will do so soon. I expect the results to be pleasing: however, as I have integrated footage from both when using the HDV output from the H1 and I thought it mixed together acceptably well. __________________ Willard http://pawildlifephotographer.blogspot.com/

November 23rd, 2010, 11:51 PM	#18
Michael Galvan Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 775	Here are some pics of how I mount my Nano to my XLH1S. I basically velcro it to piggyback my AB Dinoic 90s, which power both the camera and the Nano at the same time. And I have a AB Universal Mounting plate which I connect to the side of the XL back mount, which protects the Nano a little (andfits perfectly!) And it balances the camera out very nicely to have the weight on your shoulder, versus it being slightly front heavy in its default configuration. Hope this helps. Attached Thumbnails __________________ www.michaelgalvan.com www.screenanthology.com

February 17th, 2012, 01:51 PM	#20
Marty Molloy Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 26	Re: Reset button on XL H1 In response to Bjorn's problem (almost 2 years later in this thread) with the tapes not counting up to the full length, we also had that problem. It turned out for us that it was the heads that were somehow out of alignment. We sent the camera in for service on those and our problem was solved. I believe the service center replaced the heads on our XL-H1.

November 23rd, 2010, 02:29 PM	#17
Simon Wood Major Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Entebbe Uganda Posts: 768	Just bought a Nanoflash! I was lucky and managed to get it secondhand from an EX3 user who was upgrading his camera equipment and sold all of his existing set-up piece by piece. I have been on the look out for a used Nano for a while (but they hardly ever seem to come up for sale, which means their owners hang on to them - a good sign!).

November 26th, 2010, 07:51 AM	#19
Simon Wood Major Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Entebbe Uganda Posts: 768	Thanks for that Michael - looks like a nice set up. Still working out how I'm going to mount my Nanoflash. As I'm using the XLH1 I'm going to be having 3 cables (plus a XLR cable to power it). Still waiting for all the cables in the post (so the nano is sitting on my desk and no way to use it yet! I'll just adapt the standard plate to mount it I guess. One thing - I always use an ENG style Portabrace CBA-XL2 cover on my camera, but I can't see anyway of using this with my Nanoflash (as the cover locks down the analogue out and HD/SDI & timecode out ports. Guess I'm going to have to start cutting up the cover - have any XL owners done something similar?