It's hard to say. I heard that the XL-series may not be hot-swappable. I have a little panasonic miniDV that I plug in and out without a thought. I'll probably use it as a deck when I get the XL1 back. You can be sure that I won't be using the Canon as a player anymore. This brings up another question. Can I expect to lose some quality of the XL1 recordings by using a much lesser camera to capture? Again, I'm new at this. Any input is very much appreciated. Also, I've learned that there is a procedure for resetting an XL1. Remove the battery (with the camera off), next remove the little back-up battery underneath the camera behind the lens (by the handle) turn the camera on for a few minutes with both batteries removed. After a few minutes, turn the camera back off and replace the batteries. This should reset the camera. It may be BS, but that's what a Canon tech told me to do. I don't know if it did anything or not because my camera is still not working and on it's way to the cam-hospital. Jusk for kicks, would someone please post the proper procedure for connecting an XL1 to a PC via the fire-wire. It might come in handy in a pinch or if I stand to lose quality by using an inferior camera as a deck. Again, I feel kinda stoopid...
