Tom Weilguny

one thing that may help (just for future reference) with capturing is to record blank to all tapes before you use them, prevents timecode gaps and should help with your problem as well.

Given some time and practise one can do some nice things with it - it does take a while getting acquainted with the mechanics, but so far we´ve managed to get some nice looking shots out of it that one would normally consider impossible with a servo controlled lens. And there´s always the option of storing your zoom/focus preset, if you require spot-on focus. All depends on how high your standards are of course. If you´re into cinematic work, I´d also get the manual lens, if you´re more into filming events and whatnot, keep the stock lens, it´s really quite powerful if used right.

my very well-used (2nd hand) XL1 has been acting up lately. It´s hard to label, hence not much luck finding anything through search. What happens is that occasionally when recording, the tape will rewind at half-speed, with the playback visible in the EVF. When it started, this went on for a few seconds, then everything was back to normal. Now this has increased in frequency to the point where recording is pretty much impossible. Removing and re-inserting the tape temporarily helps, so does switching to a new tape. Since I´m out of ideas I´ll probably have to bring it in for service, but if anyone knows this problem or has experienced something similar I´d appreciate the insight. An unrelated thing: there seems to be a slight bit of underscan present (in the the output material, it´s not visible in the EVF or on a monitor), is this normal?