Recent content by strivedi

I am looking for a wide angle adaptor lens for my XHA1, something lighter than the Canon WD-H72 and something with more magnification than 0.8. Has anyone tried RedEye-FX? These come down upto 0.5. What about Century 0.66 ? Looking for any feedback on vignetting or barrel distortion.

I am having problems rendering a sequence. I am using the HDV 1080p24 sequence preset that uses mpeg Iframe codec. Whenever I try to render the work area, it simply plays the sequence. And I do not have hw acceleration on my computer so, I do need to render. Has anyone faced this...

I am a newbie. Just captured HDV from my Canon XHA1 into Premiere Pro CS4. It captured it in mpeg format with no frame drops on to an external G-Raid3 drive. When I try to play it back in source monitor, or program monitor, the video is choppy. I am reading about rendering it in the work...

I am thinking of buying Adobe Premier Pro CS4. I am a newbie with a new Canon XHA1. Does CS4 natively support 24F format for capture & edit? I read that export to tape is not supported. Also is there anything to keep in mind when capturing HD in 24F ?

I am thinking of buying Adobe Premier Pro CS4 for video editing. I am a newbie. In trying to research support for 24F format, it is unclear whether CS4 would support capture and edit of 24F HD formats. I did see a thread that export back to tape is not supported. Does anyone have any...

I just downloaded a trial version of the Canon Console software. I have Windows Vista Home Premium I can see the XH A1 in device manager when I connect over firewire, but when I start the console software it says "Camcorder is not connected properly or is not turned on" Please share your...

I recently bought an XH A1 and just realized that the internal mic is a bit wobbly. Is this a known issue or do I have a bad camera that needs to be replaced?

Hello All, I just bought an XH A1 this past week. In the process of checking it out and learning it, I hooked it up to my 63inch 1080p plasma tv. The picture looks kind of home video-ish. Not bad, but not what I would expect from a high def camera. I want the look and feel...