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XL-1 CCD problem?

 
 


MikeW
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Mar 13, 2005, 10:59 AM

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I was shooting a jazz combo when something weird happened to my XL-1.
Right in the middle of sax solo the camera glitched and suddenly everthing was blue. My heart dropped into my shoes! Frantic, I tried re-white balancing with no success.

Afterwards, I shut the camera down and several minutes later powered up again.
Everthing was fine, like nothing ever happened.

This is not the first time.

I fear the CCDs are dying on my 1998 model XL-1. Can I have this repaired or is this the end of the trail for my XL-1?


Bob Hudson
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Mar 14, 2005, 11:34 AM

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I was shooting a jazz combo when something weird happened to my XL-1.
Right in the middle of sax solo the camera glitched and suddenly everthing was blue. My heart dropped into my shoes! Frantic, I tried re-white balancing with no success.

Afterwards, I shut the camera down and several minutes later powered up again.
Everthing was fine, like nothing ever happened.

This is not the first time.

I fear the CCDs are dying on my 1998 model XL-1. Can I have this repaired or is this the end of the trail for my XL-1?
Seven years is a actually a long time for a camcorder, but before you retire it's worth taking a shot at repairs.


DonP
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Mar 16, 2005, 3:27 AM

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Re: [MikeW] XL-1 CCD problem? [In reply to] Can't Post
Internal diagnositics might report the source of some problems if the appropriate diagnostic tool is attached. A Canon-capable service shop should have it.

Sounds like a system crash (e.g., the Windows Blue Screen of Death). Camcorders are controlled by internal microcomputers, something may have caused the microcomputer inside to crash, perhaps am intermitent loose connection.