XL1S/XL2 VS. DX100A

[Greg Gross]

Canon used to be Nikon(if you know your photo history)the lenses are

superb. Much better lens than DX100A has. Canon was formed by a

group of people who broke off from Nikon to do their own thing. Please

before you buy read "Digital Film Making-2ND Edition" by Scott Billups

concerning DX100A,page 64. I'm going to do some serious thinking about

XL2 and I want to look at it and shoot with it. You can not believe how many

people I've seen or heard ask, how do I make my DX100A shoot look like

cinema? Please look at the camera you want and try it out,shoot with it! I

think I can safely say the XL2 will have a fine manual focus! For me I am

either going to get XL1S or XL2 after trying them out. Five blocks from my

house there is a huge video/media supplier. I used their in house DX100

for a full day and was not happy with it. I went out with my sound man and

shot everything you can think of. I use a DVTEC shoulder rest with my PD-

170 and shoot very comforatably with it. I don't expect the PD-170 to pro-

duce a film look(not reason I bought it) I would have bought PD150 but

could not find good price on new ones and could find no used ones(I won-

why?). I'm just trying to shoot the very best mini-dv I can and I'm enjoying

it. I really want to look at the XL2 as a second camera. I've had cameras that I

did'nt like (terrible! sort of like driving a car and not being able to see the

spedometer through the wheel). XL1 is in book too(per above).

[Greg Gross]

Please note correction to my last post! I was referring to model DX-100

The DX100A may have new focus ring, I do not know.

[Rich Steel]

Interested to know why you invested in a sony PD170? instead of an XL1 or DVX100?

[Greg Gross]

Hello Rich,and sure:

I really wanted to get PD-150 but could not get good price new and

no used ones were available. I want to shoot the best mini-dv that I

can and its a personal project with me. I'm not interested in shooting

for video transfer to film or the film/cinema look. Maybe some day that

bug will bite me but not yet. I shoot on mini-dv and also dvcam. Please

listen closely to what I say! I Do Not Think That The DX100 or DX100A

Is A Bad Camera. There was one heck of a massive advertisement cam-

paign with it and I'm not sure if some people really understood the camera.

If you have time go to the ASC website(www.theasc.com) look up the test-

ing they did and they did some great things with it. No doubt its proved itself!

I'm 56 yrs old now and for tweny years I've been a professional photographer.

Rich,I am really fussy about glass(lenses)! I personally do not like the glass

on the DX100 and I spent a whole day working the camera back in March. I

personally do not like the manual focus on the DX100. I do not like the sound

quality and a "big"! panasonic dealer told me he does'nt like it either. My sound

man and I do a lot of shooting with a boom mike in one channel and a lavalier in

the other channel and we are very happy with PD-170. We tested it a whole

day before I ever bought it. I have to have a camera with dependable focus.

I want to test Canon XL2(for 2nd camera due its glass). Happy Shooting!!!!!!!