The Canon XL2 arrives: camera leads with optics, not HDV.(News)

AV Video Multimedia Producer, September, 2004 by Marchant, Beth

Canon recently announced that it would begin shipments in September of the XL2, a variable frame-rate MiniDV upgrade of the XL1S camcorder that comes with a standard 20x zoom lens.

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Acknowledging its steady base of XL1S users, Canon says it intentionally over-engineered the new release, evolving features to meet the needs of power users but stopping short of a revolutionary coup in camera technology. In other words, you won't find an HDV format option, as so many of us have speculated would be included in this release. What you will find, however, is a 3-CCD camera that shoots in 24p, 30p and 60i in very low-light conditions (there's even 2:3:3:2 pull-down if you're going out to film); 4:3 and 16:9 switchable aspect ratios (and...

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