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Is Canon XL1S a good camera

 
 


Hicks
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Aug 23, 2004, 9:07 PM

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I received a grant to buy a camera in the XL1S price range ($3000-$3500) and was planning on getting it but my dealer totally trashed the camera citing the lack of XLR inputs and clunky ergonomics. He recommended the Panasonic AG-dvx100a. I am also going to be taking a lot of still shots with this and the camera will mostly be used by inexperienced teenagers so I would appreciate your thoughts on those as well.


mwieser
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Nov 16, 2004, 9:22 PM

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Most anyone who knows anyhting about professional video production will tell you the XL1s is a good camera - Having said this, it's NOT the camera for inexperienced teenagers...Check out the Panasonic 3 chip cameras that run under $1K, or if you want to spend more money the Canon GL2 for just under $2K - The features you're paying for in the XL1s are overkill for what you want to do.


DVXGalt
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Nov 16, 2004, 11:34 PM

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COnsidering how cheap digital still cams are, why not get one designed for stills, instead of using a DVCam? This would also let you have two students working at once. I bet you could even find a used one (or ten) for free that will be better than the 1MP most DVCams have.