| Canon XL1 Digital Camcorder Kit |  | Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $4,699.00
Buy New: $1,249.00
You Save: $3450.00 (73%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 32705
Format: Minidv
Platforms: Windows Nt, Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Nt 3.5, Windows Nt 4, Windows Nt 5, Powermac, Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows 2000 Server, Mac Os X, Mac Os 9 And Below, Windows
Media: Electronics
System Memory: 0
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Special Features: Array
Optical Zoom: 16
Digital Zoom: 0
Connectivity: IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Display Size: 0
Compatibility: PC Firewire
Maximum Focal Length: 88
Minimum Focal Length: 5.5
Maximum Shutter Speed: 15000
Size: Shoebox
Warranty: 1 year parts and labor
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 19.4 x 15.6 x 12.9
MPN: XL1
Model: XL1
UPC: 013803604924
EAN: 0013803604924
ASIN: B000050FA5
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Broadcast-quality 3 CCD Mini DV camcorder | | • | Interchangeable lenses--can use Canon EOS SLR lenses with adapter | | • | Pixel-shift technology enhances image quality | | • | Included lens features optical image stabilization | | • | PCM digital stereo audio |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
This mini DV offers great image quality and full digital power. The XL1's design and manual controls offer the widest range of picture possibilities. In daylight or lowlight, if your subject is near or far, this cutting edge camera adjusts its settings to offer the finest in resolution, magnification and color reproduction. Additional features include top grip with recording controls, standard optical 16x zoom lens with SuperRange optical image stabilizer and 3 shooting modes.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Canon XL1 is helping to blur the line between consumer and professional video equipment. Though it's small enough to carry around and doesn't cost much more than a top-of-the-line consumer camcorder, the XL1 produces such high-quality results that many independent filmmakers have started using it instead of a traditional film camera. Great movies start with great CCD sensors, and Canon cuts no corners here. For the best possible picture quality, they use three separate 270,000 pixel CCDs (one for each primary color). To further improve image detail, Canon has intentionally shifted the green CCD half a pixel horizontally and vertically. This shift allows more accurate interpolation, resulting in an image that Canon claims rivals those from cameras with 410,000 pixel CCDs. Each pixel is 72 square microns, which is about 1.5 times the size as those in competing camcorders. This increased size increases light sensitivity, allowing you to shoot in lower-light situations. Ultimately, the larger pixel size results in an improvement of 4 dB in sensitivity. The XL1's body is based on a magnesium-alloy frame for maximum durability. It ships with a 16x optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization, but is also compatible with other XL camcorder lenses. With an optional adapter, you can use Canon EF (EOS) still camera lenses--some of which also feature optical image stabilization. Though the camera's built-in microphone has a great frequency response, the XL1 can also accept balanced microphones with the optional MA-100 microphone adapter/shoulder pad. The XL1 records digital audio, with two channels of 16 bit/48 KHz sound or 4 channels of 12 bit/32 KHz sound. The electronics of the XL1 have many advanced features, including a number of programmed AE modes, as well as both shutter and aperture priority modes. There are two different auto modes, one of which allows you to adjust any setting manually, if you want, and the other, which adjusts every setting automatically and lets you adjust nothing. A spotlight mode automatically compensates for difficulties when shooting a subject bathed in a spotlight. There are also three different shooting modes: Normal Movie, Digital Photo, and Frame Movie. Normal Movie mode is for any time you want to shoot video footage. Digital photo mode records a still image for six seconds on the mini DV tape and also captures any audio, such as a commentary. The Frame Movie Mode records 30 noninterlaced still images per second, instead of capturing 60 fps interlaced images. This mode isn't intended to be used for shooting video (playback may not look completely smooth). Rather, Frame Movie mode should be used as a burst, or continuous, shooting mode, like you'd find on a still camera. The XL1 uses an IEEE 1394 port for digital editing and for transferring footage to and from other IEEE 1394 compliant devices. The camcorder also has RCA (composite) audio and video ports, and an S-Video out. The XL1 features a LANC terminal for editing with compatible controllers.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
Confused July 6, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hi...
I am confused because why..the camera have first price US1750 and now 2400...I want to buy the camera without this new price.
Please think about it..thank you
BEWARE OF FRAUD March 3, 2005
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Beware of anyone selling these cameras at below retail price. I just got screwed out of $2100 as a result.
Check Seller Reviews, and DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT send payment through any service outside of Amazon.com. I was told to Western Union the payment to Spain. Western Union does not accept credit cards as payment over $1000, so there is no way to dispute the charges or get your money back.
Beware of anything that seems suspicious. Check return email addresses (especially the domain names, i got one from yahoo.com, and consultant.com), both free anonymous servers...
Please, do NOT get involved with this. Buy from REPUTABLE sellers with positive feedback. Only handle your transactions through amazon.com. Don't get screwed out of the money like I did.
I have reported this to various law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. Amazon, and Western Union are both aware of the situation, as it seems to happen pretty regularly. Maybe someday they'll do something about it to prevent it.
 XL-1 IS A FINE TOY FOR ALL September 30, 2001
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PRO to use this camera. But shop around for the best price and don't buy from grey markets. Be sure the dealer is authorized by Canon.This camera is super. There are some features that were added to the XL-1S which make this camera stand out over Sony. There are web sites that teach how to use the camera and how to get around some of the XL-1 problems. This has been the camera of choice for most news organizations that travel the world. Add the EOS adapter and you have a camera that does more than any other camera made in its price range. Before you buy listen to the pros that use this camera, do a search at google.com for tips and tricks and the XL-1 web sites. Then decide between the Sony and Canon.
This is not a toy!!! August 15, 2001
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
I have owned one of these for over a year and a half and love this thing. I work at a full digital TV station with a the latest equipment and the first thing I did was do a side by side comparo against a ...Panasonic DVCPRO broadcast camera. The technicians and cameramen were shocked at the image being equal to their cameras. When we explored the camera further and found the ability to also use the ANTON BAUER battery packs it only got better. They looked at the lens quality and lens swapping ability, plenty of manual setting available for video and audio, hundreds of accesories for the proshooter, and the frame mode made it shine brighter in their eyes. The general manager and chief engineer evaluated the camera and said at the same time "imagine what this could do for our budget!". I use this camera for personal use and have also used it for news gathering, Many requests from the news department have come my way to go on a shoot due to lack of cameras. If you are looking for a camcorder to have many bells and whistles, this is not for you. This is a serious tool. I have read reviews where it dosent take very good still pictures, it lacks the LCD viewer!, It wont shoot in total darkness or see through womens clothes. They forget serious shooters have a main priority in their camera and that is the choice of different lenses. No current consumer camcorder has a interchangable lens system. Something to remember many tools have the ability to do many tasks but they never exceed at one. The Canon XL1 EXCEEDS at shooting video to a professional level....
The best camera for the bucks!! June 16, 2001
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Canon XL1 is an amazing camera to shoot with. The picture quality is awesome and the audio is sweet. The camera is sleek and professional looking, people take you serious when you go out on a shoot with the "Big Boys." You get the same respect! If I had to buy another camera it would be the Canon XL!!
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