If you could trade your HVX for a Canon XL h1 Would you?

HDV is going away and Panasonic will be a big part of that evolution. Notice Panasonic was the only company NOT to enter the HDV market. HDV Long GOP was intended to be a delivery format. Notice many NLE companies had problems ingesting and editing HDV?
All development for HDV ended long ago and all new development is on ONLY P2, AVCHD and AVCIntra.
 
seunosewa said:
That's wrong. Would you shoot an event video with a P2 cam?
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I do on a pretty regular basis, I just use the firestore for that. for commercials and other stuff its P2 cards. When coupled with a firestore, the HVX200 makes an awesome event cam. I have made just as much with events on this camera as I have for corporate videos and commercials. Currently I have 2 HVX200's, and when the 170 comes out, it will be the 3rd cam.
 
I was forced to shoot an EPK package with the XL-H1 last year. It's viewfinder is worse than the HVX's LCD screen, about half of my footage was out of focus and I tried to the best of the viewfinder and my eye's ability to focus it.

Ergonomics are horrible, stupid little buttons hidden everywhere.

I hate this camera, but lots of people like it.

I used to have a GL-2 and liked it okay but HDV, plus bad viewfinder and no flip out screen = useless to me.

Dan
 
Dan, I had the same conclusion and it's a pity. I think the viewfinder on the XL1 was better and man alive.. it's a heavy camera and makes our HVXs seem like a dream when doing handheld stuff. Does have a pretty long lens though.
 
You definitley will need an external monitor with the XL-H1, but in a pinch I have used the VF without a problem.
 
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