Canon XL1 3CCD Manual

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3. FRAMEMOVIE

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thisisusefulforhigh‐resolutionstuff.Inthismodethepictureisnon‐

interlacedbutisverysharp.(Thissettingisgoodforbigscenes,e.g.asunset;orifyou

printingto35mil

Therearebasicallyfivemodes,Auto,Manual,VCRTvandAvofwhichTvandAvarenew

modifications.Allofthese(barringVCRwhichisforplayback),offervariousdegreesofmanipulation

fortheuser.Dependingonthemodeyoucanchangecertainthingsonthecamera.Thesesettingsare

allchangedbyturningtheroundblackdialonthecamera

• IntheTv/Avmodecertainthingsareautomated,but:inTvyoucanselecttheshutterspeed

andthecamerawillautomaticallysetamatchingaperture(theaperturehastodowiththe

amountoflightcomingintothecamera;withtheAvmodeyoucanselectyourapertureand

thecamerawillautomaticallysetamatchingshutterspeed.

• IntheAutomodemostthingsareautomated,butyoucanstillcontrolthewhitebalanceand

yourfocus

• Inthemanualmodeyouareabletomanipulateeverything

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Coolstufftoplaywithanduse: 

‐ Slowshutter:Therearesettingsyoucanusetoslowdownyourshutterspeed:thisisgoodfor

whenyouhavevaryingdegreesoflight(suchaslow‐lightsituations)asitallowsyoutohave

bettercontroloverthecolourandlight

‐ Flashphotography:youcanattachaseparateflashforflashphotography(butIdon’tthink

wehavethese?)

‐ ZebraPattern:Thishighlightscontrasts,allowingyoutoseewherethere’sanyover‐exposure

orbadreflectionssoyoucanchangethem.Itisdisplayedliterallywithazebra‐stripepattern.

‐ Four‐ChannelDigitalAudioSystem

‐ Therearethreedigitalaudiomodesandthiscamcordercanrecordonallfourchannels,at

thesametime!Thisisaverycomplicatedthingbecausetherearemanychannelsandmany

thingstopluginandiselaboratedoninthesectiononsound

‐ Thechannelsdoaffectthesoundqualitythough:Whenit’sontwochannels,youget16bit

soundwhichisofabetterqualityandwhatyouwouldnormallyuse.Whenit’sonfour

channels,youget12bitsoundwhichisofalesserquality.Italldependsonhowmany

microphonesyouwanttouse.

‐ TimeCode:Thecoolthingaboutthetimecodehereisthatitidentifieseachindividualframe,

notjustthewholelongrecording,soitissuperusefulwhenitgetsdowntoediting.TheXLR

usesadrop‐framesystemwhichmeansit’sveryaccurate.

‐ DataCode:But,youcanalsohidethecooldateandtimethingandratherdisplayother

featuressuchastheshutterspeedorexposuresettings

‐ WideScreenmode:hereyoucanswitchtothe16:9ratioforabig‐screeneffect