Recent content by ZippyGaloo

How come the "Offical A1 Presets Thread" has nothing but chat in the posts? Shouldn't all the chatter posts be deleted and only the true presets settings post stay? Sure would make it a lot easier to follow the find presets instead of sifting through rows and rows of unrelated comments. Just a...

Are glass filters that much better than resin filters? What are the benefits of one over the other? What are the downsides?

After spending many hours trying to find a post that addressed which cases were the best fit for the XHA1, I figured I would chime in with my solution. Inside a Pelican 1550 hardcase, I was able to fit the XHA1 camera, sunshade, a two-stage 4x5.65 hard shade Cavision mattebox (MB4169H-2)...

What is the best way to color grade HDV footage if you don't have an HDTV monitor or TV?

What encoding/compression method is going to give me the best looking image from the XHA1 for output to the web? What settings, etc. do you recommend?

Is there a chance anyone here has compiled an updated list (as of 07.12.07) of the many XHA1 custom presets authored by various owners/users of the camera? I know this forum and the DVI forum have a lot of postings about custom presets, and many of them list the actual settings or have a...

Not sure if this is true, but I was told the XH A1 uses the same type of internal mechanisms as Sony and thus Sony's "wet" DV/HDV tapes would work best with the Canon XH A1 over other brands "dry" tapes. 1. Is this information correct? 2. What is the difference between a "wet" tape and a...

1. 80% or 100% Zebra settings? Which one and why? 2. IRE 0 or 7.5? Why? 3. What is the User Bit used for? What's the best way to use it? 4. If wanting the wide screen look is it better to shoot 4:3 and use something like Aspect Correct's screen overlays during production and then drop the...