Nano or XDR with Canon XH-A1/s (Not G1) at DVinfo.net

Nolan Craigwell · September 16th, 2009, 07:41 AM

Can anyone confirm if the Canon XH-a1 can benefit from these recorders besides having a tapeless workflow?

John Richard · September 16th, 2009, 08:18 AM

Both the Nano and the XDR were designed for camcorders with an HD-SDI output port. The Nano also can accept output from a cam with HDMI output. As the subject camcorder has neither of these outputs, I don't see where you would feed these flash recorders.

I wonder though if there were a converter for your component output to HD-SDI if you would then gain the color space of 4:2:2 and higher data rate recording?

If you could upgrade your A1 to an XHG1 then you would have the same familiar camera but with the needed HD-SDI that bypasses the internal HDV compression.

September 16th, 2009, 07:41 AM	#1
Nolan Craigwell Tourist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Trinidad Posts: 3	Nano or XDR with Canon XH-A1/s (Not G1) Can anyone confirm if the Canon XH-a1 can benefit from these recorders besides having a tapeless workflow?

September 16th, 2009, 08:18 AM	#2
John Richard Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Incline Village, Nevada Posts: 604	Both the Nano and the XDR were designed for camcorders with an HD-SDI output port. The Nano also can accept output from a cam with HDMI output. As the subject camcorder has neither of these outputs, I don't see where you would feed these flash recorders. I wonder though if there were a converter for your component output to HD-SDI if you would then gain the color space of 4:2:2 and higher data rate recording? If you could upgrade your A1 to an XHG1 then you would have the same familiar camera but with the needed HD-SDI that bypasses the internal HDV compression.