Help! first time user (borrower) of XL-1 at DVinfo.net

April 16th, 2002, 05:03 PM

A friend let me borrow his XL-1 and I eagerly took it out this weekend. I am familiar with DV as I am a lowly GL1 user.

The video from the XL-1 looked wonderful as I played it on the television, but when it came time to edit the video on my computer, I was dismayed to find that the image was "clipped" in that five full columns of pixels were dark on both the left and right sides of the image. Here is a GIF still (saved as 640x480 sq pixels) of a frame for illustration:

http://www.microserve.net/~jeffrac/foal.gif

Has anyone ever seen this problem? Are the CCDs bad in the camera? Right now I am feeling terrible and am hoping that I did not damage the camera. Luckily it is still under warranty - would it be worth shipping to the Canon NJ facility for a test? I'm going to notify the owner and offer to pay for the shipping.

Thanks a lot in advance for any help!

Chris Hurd · April 16th, 2002, 05:14 PM

That's perfectly normal and well outside the TV-safe area of the image. Not to worry. There is nothing wrong with the camera. Hope this helps,

April 16th, 2002, 11:30 PM

Yes, that is very normal. That happens all the time when I digitize using Final Cut Pro. When you finish editing and record it back out to tape, it won't show at all.

Hope that helps,
Tom

Srinivasa Yerneni · April 19th, 2002, 01:27 PM

Chris, When you blow it into 35mm film format, do these black
bars on left and right still appear???

Chris Hurd · April 19th, 2002, 01:55 PM

No. The film transfer house will crop it down to the TV-safe area.

April 16th, 2002, 05:03 PM	#1
witticisms Posts: n/a	Help! first time user (borrower) of XL-1 A friend let me borrow his XL-1 and I eagerly took it out this weekend. I am familiar with DV as I am a lowly GL1 user. The video from the XL-1 looked wonderful as I played it on the television, but when it came time to edit the video on my computer, I was dismayed to find that the image was "clipped" in that five full columns of pixels were dark on both the left and right sides of the image. Here is a GIF still (saved as 640x480 sq pixels) of a frame for illustration: http://www.microserve.net/~jeffrac/foal.gif Has anyone ever seen this problem? Are the CCDs bad in the camera? Right now I am feeling terrible and am hoping that I did not damage the camera. Luckily it is still under warranty - would it be worth shipping to the Canon NJ facility for a test? I'm going to notify the owner and offer to pay for the shipping. Thanks a lot in advance for any help!

April 16th, 2002, 05:14 PM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	That's perfectly normal and well outside the TV-safe area of the image. Not to worry. There is nothing wrong with the camera. Hope this helps, __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

April 16th, 2002, 11:30 PM	#3
tsander1 Posts: n/a	very normal... Yes, that is very normal. That happens all the time when I digitize using Final Cut Pro. When you finish editing and record it back out to tape, it won't show at all. Hope that helps, Tom

April 19th, 2002, 01:27 PM	#4
Srinivasa Yerneni Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 30	Chris, When you blow it into 35mm film format, do these black bars on left and right still appear??? __________________ - Srinivasa Yerneni

April 19th, 2002, 01:55 PM	#5
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	No. The film transfer house will crop it down to the TV-safe area. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!