Advantages: Afordable price for broadcast quality camera! Disadvantages: Some add-ons need to be bought separate
...use any of the massive Canon EOS range of lenses, but this adapter is around £250 also.
Definitely worth buying! The new Canon XL2 is on the way so you may wish to wait for this new camera with it's new features, or check if the above Canon XL1s comes down in price! Who knows - I might end up reviewing YOUR film on Ciao in the future! ...
missixty 13.01.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Canon DM XL1S
Advantages: Packed full of professional features Disadvantages: Slow auto-focus
...for less experienced users.
Canon offer a wide range of accessories for the XL1s for the professional filmaker, these include a full manual lens, XLR audio adapter, black and white CRT viewfinder and many more. The camera is easy to use and is fairly lghtweight and portable which makes it ideal for electronic news gathering.
The only issue I have with this camera is the slow autofocus speed, however unless you are doing very fast panning shots ...
Tractorbob 08.01.2009
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