Gaven Eogan Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Hi, Hi using XL1S for years since it came out. I am going to be filming the sisters wedding soon and am going to use XL1S and am thinking of hiring a XL2 out too. I have just ordered the 16x manual lens for my XL1S, having previously used the stock 16x lens for a another wedding and getting annoyed with the focus hunting and lack of accuracy in non-auto mode. Just a few questions: Is the 16x manual a fixed F1.6 lens over all zoom range? I think the stock one is F1.6-3.5 isn't it so (you notice image getting darker as you zoom to far parts of the church with a fixed gain) The only thing i will really miss is image stabilisation - how bad is shakiness in the 1m to 4m range that will be most of the shots and can i get away with my usual monopod or do i need to buy a big expensive fluid head tripod - if so which one is best (not ultra expensive) for XL1? Is the image slightly sharper with this lens compared to standard lens - i notice a gigantic improvement in picture quality/sharpness when using my EOS lenses on converter with camera (especially 70-200L IS) and this is even over the large distance these lenses can reach on camera. Will the manual lens be comparable to this EOS L lens on XL1? Is this lens better on XL2 i.e. i'd like to record wedding in true 16:9 and use XL1S as fill in extra shots somehow (maybe give it to someone else with standard setup) The last wedding i did although i got color balance right in church using white card beforehand, i completely fecked up the white balance for some of the afters because i didn't notice it using FU-1000 andI tried fixing later in Premiere but it seemed to be impossible to keep any sort of image quality in the low light images with the PAL 4:2:0 compression so i gave up and left the color cast in those scenes. It seems NTSC 4:1:1 is slightly better in this regard isn't it. While i'm on this any good compatible camera mount lights i could use (not too expensive <?200) or LCD monitors compatible with XL2(to keep eye on white balance). I was looking at Glidecam one but i think it's overkill. Lot of questions here - i might slpit it out into seperate posts if there's too much here in one. p.s. using the FU-1000 B/W CRT viewfinder - i don't know how anyone could use the FU-500 colour finder in any light to manually focus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Greyson Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 The Canon Manual 16X is F1.6 thru the entire zoom range. It may appear a little sharper as it tends to be a little more contrasty and poppy. On the long end, it can show lots of CA. I love the lens though. ash =o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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