Canon XL-H2!

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tpulling83

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It only makes sense that history repeats itself. Will Canon go ahead and improve on the already talked about XL-H1 by making the XL-H2 and when will it be made? How will it compare? I'm open to all sorts of interpretations.
 
The next gen XL will come when the other companys have released succesful next gen cams.

Canon is rarely first.
 
I would guess that the next change in chip set would use CMOS sensors rather than CCD. Seems to be the direction we are heading.
 
MovieSwede said:
The next gen XL will come when the other companys have released succesful next gen cams.

Canon is rarely first.
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i have to agree with this... in the video market they are rarely first but in the photo market things are totally different for Canon, i dont think Canon even takes its Video market half as serious as its Photo market i.e DSLRs
 
Canon take their time in video market, but once they release something, it's impressive and best in the class. I like their philosophy because it fits better the real and working solutions available in the market. XL-H1 is very good example as first 1/3" camcorder which does not cheat 1080i HDV standard and also produces the best looking progressive images in the class.

Canon takes video market seriously. They've been here successfully for more than 20 years, starting with their first Video 8 camcorders.

I don't think they will be releasing new XL camcorder soon. XL-H1 is here to stay a while because in majority of aspects it's still the best piece of equipment one can buy for less than $20k. If they release XL-H1s, most likely it will just embed audio in HD SDI output with no other major changes.
 
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mmm said:
I would guess that the next change in chip set would use CMOS sensors rather than CCD. Seems to be the direction we are heading.
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With the XL H1, they are using CMOS technology.
 
It already has 24fps capability. It's called 24f.
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Mr. Green, is this accurate?

I've heard a bit of debate on both sides of the line about whether it's really 24p, or just a cheap deinterlacing trick. Frankly, I'm very confused and not exactly sure what to make of the arguments.

~ John.
 
It's not generated by progressive scanning. We don't know exactly what it is, because Canon won't say. All we know is that it causes a loss in overall resolution (dropping from 700+ lines in 60i mode down to around 540 in 24F mode, according to Adam Wilt). But once there, the motion cadence does look like 24P.

Canon says it delivers the same results as 24p, but by different means. Adam thinks it could be simple field doubling. I think it looks like they're using one valid field and one interpolated field.

In any case, it ends up looking pretty good. I don't have many complaints about 24F, other than that it's difficult to edit.
 
Didnt they use some sort of pixelshift for the XL1 frame movie mode wich resultet in 360 lines of resolution.
 
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