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Canon XL H1 manual

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    XL H 1 HD CAMCORDER IMAGE . CONTROL . INTEGRA TION . www .canondv .com[...]

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    THE UL TIMA TE HD CAMCORDER The High Definition era has arrived. T elevision production, movie-making, and every other video- content creation sector today demands a pr ofessional and affor dable means of capturing superior -quality , widescreen moving images. The solution is Canon’ s XL H1, the revolutionary HD Camcor der with an unprecedented a[...]

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    Nativ e 16:9 HD CCDs The XL H1 features thr ee 1/3” native 16:9 CCD's with 1.67 million pixels (1440 x 1080) for each primary color . The r esult is outstanding resolution and pictur e quality , highly accurate color r epr oduction, and a wide dynamic range with virtually no color noise. F rame Rates In today’ s production world, flexibili[...]

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    The XL H1’ s high-performance 20x HD zoom lens leverages Canon’ s decades of optical expertise. Featuring Canon’ s XL lens mount, the XL H1’ s 20x HD lens provides a range fr om 38.9mm* to 778mm, and delivers the ultimate in clarity and image quality . Along with Canon’ s Fluorite lens technology , this lens produces images with outstandi[...]

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    DIGIC D V II Canon's exclusive next-generation DiG!C DV II HD Digital Signal Processing chip pr ocesses the HD signal at 1440 x 1080 with 4:2:2 color sampling. XL H1 has the ability , thr ough dual processors, to simultaneously recor d video and still images. Digital still images can be recor ded in either digital color space or video color sp[...]

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    TOT AL IMAGE CONTROL Creating the perfect look r equires total contr ol over the image. The XL H1 provides T otal Image Control of more than 23 variables, all independently adjustable. • Gain Settings -3dB, Auto, 0dB, +3db, +6dB, +12dB, and +18dB • White Balance The XL H1's electronic white balance pr ocess calibrates the picture for accur[...]

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    TOT AL IMAGE CONTROL • Horiz ontal Detail Fr equency (HIGH, MIDDLE, LO W) This adjusts the center frequency of the H detail. • Horiz ontal/V er tical Detail Balance (-9 to +9) This is for adjusting the horizontal/vertical percentage of detail corr ection. • Coring (-9 to +9) Adjusts the subtle noise components on the screen. • Noise Reducti[...]

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    CONNECTIVITY INPUTS & OUTPUTS Industry Standard Connection Terminals • HD-SDI and SD-SDI [SMPTE 259 M, ITU-R BT .656 (optional upgrade)] output. The XL H1 provides uncompressed 1.485 Gigabit output with 4:2:2 color sampling. • Genlock input. Synchronize a multi-camera, live-switched production envir onment in the studio or on location. • [...]

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    FRAME RA TES & FORMA TS The XL H1’ s production versatility begins with its captur e formats. Frame rates and video formats include: • 1080/60i (16:9) • 1080/30F (16:9) • 1080/24F (16:9) • * 1080/50i (16:9) • * 1080/25F (16:9) • * 576/50i (16:9 or 4:3) • 576/25F (16:9 or 4:3) • 480/60i (16:9 or 4:3) • 480 30F (16:9 or 4:3) ?[...]

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    These modes are designed for everyday shooting situations and for special circumstances. They include: • TV Mode “TV” stands for Time V alue; in this mode the XL H1 automatically sets the lens aperture for a proper exposure based on the shutter speed that has been selected. • AV Mode “A V” stands for Aperture V alue; in this mode the XL[...]

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    The XL H1 offers Skin T one Detail to minimize imperfections such as blemishes and wrinkles. A zebra pattern in the viewfinder , which alternates with the normal picture, assists users in defining the desired ar ea by adjusting hue, chroma, ar ea, and Y level. Once these have been adjusted, the overall intensity may be selected (OFF , LOW , NORMAL,[...]

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    NOMENCLA TURE 1 Stereo micr ophone 2 Stereo/Mono micr ophone selector 3V iewfinder 4 Focus lever 5 Eye cup 6 Lens hood 7 Focus ring 8 Zoom ring 9 ND filter operating ring 10 ND filter unlock button 11 ST ABILIZER ON/OFF switch 12 POSITION PRESET switch 13 EVF PEAKING/EVF MAGNIFYING buttons 14 BARS/F ADE ON/OFF button 15 BARS/F ADE SELECT button 16 [...]

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    43 Handle zoom lever 44 Handle ST AR T/STOP control 45 Handle PHOTO button 46 PHONES LEVEL dial 47 phones terminal 48 HDV indicator , HDV/DV IN/OUT terminal, L terminal 49 LINE/MIC switch 50 +48V switch 51 MIC A TT switch 52 S-VIDEO terminal 53 VIDEO terminal (BNC) 54 RCA/BNC selector 55 VIDEO terminal (RCA) 56 AUDIO 2 terminals (RCA) 57 AUDIO 1 te[...]

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    COMBINA TION EVF/LCD VIEWFINDER Zebra P attern An adjustable zebra pattern is provided from 70 to 100 IRE Black and White Mode The XL H1 viewfinder may be switched between color and black & white to match a user’ s personal preference. EVF Displa ys The XL H1 has the ability of 4 selectable levels of shooting data, including image only , no d[...]

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    COMBINA TION EFV -LCD VIEWFINDER / CANON CONSOLE IMAGE CONTROL & STORAGE SOFTW ARE Console’ s REC P ANEL is comprised of five optional windows. Using Console and a well-calibrated exter nal video monitor to accurately view XL H1 video, the REC P ANEL gives users total control over all aspects of the image and XL H1 camera functions. The windo[...]

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    FS-72U Filter Set Ultraviolet, neutral density , and circular polarizing filters enable cr eative control of challenging lighting conditions. Extender XL 1.6x Attach this extender between a Canon XL lens and the XL H1 to boost the focal length of the lens by 1.6x. EF Adapter XL This allows users to attach Canon EF lenses to the XL H1. The differ en[...]

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    Power Supply: 7.4 V DC (battery pack) Power Consumption: 7.8W (recor ding with autofocus, HD 20x L IS Lens mounted, HD mode) T elevision System: HD High Definition Video (HDV) 1080/60i; SD EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal V ideo Recording System: Rotary head, helical scanning, digital component recor ding; HDV High Definition V[...]

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    1-800-OK-CANON / WWW .U SA.CA NON.COM Canon U.S.A., Inc. One Canon Plaza Lake Success, NY 11042 Canon Canada, Inc. 6390 Dixie Road Mississauga Ontario L5T 1P7 Canada Canon Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V . Blvd. M. A. Camacho, No . 138 , Pisos PB 15, 16 y 17 Col. Lomas de Chapultepec CP 11000 , Mexico D.F ., Mexico Canon Latin America, Inc. 703 W aterf[...]