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Here’s our favorite shooting rig — ever! The incomparable Canon XL1S—

Here are a few of the feature films shot with the XL1S:

Full Frontal (film), Able Edwards.Flywheel (film),Coming Out (2000 film),

The Poker Game (film),

The Canon XL-1s is a Three-CCD Standard Definition Digital Video camcorder made from 2001 to 2004 by Canon Inc.. The camera was designed for the prosumer market, and was very popular with independent filmmakers. The XL-1s was the follow-up camera to the Canon XL-1. The successor to the XL-1s is the Canon XL-2.

The XL-1s had many features of a high-end camera such as interchangeable lenses. Compared to the XL-1 it had slightly improved CCDs offering better picture quality as well a new iris wheel. Many features of the XL-1s were carried over into the Canon GL-2.

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The Canon XL-1 and the XL-1s were designed to be very customizable. The camera’s features include:

• 4:3, and electronic 16:9 (non native) anamorphic aspect ratios.
• 60i, as well as “Frame” 30p picture modes.
• Optical Image Stabilization with the included 16X L ISII lens.
• ND Filter

The XL-1s has been used to make studio films such as Full Frontal and 28 Days Later^[1].

Properly operated, the camera has far more flexibility in lighting and high-speed usage than a 35-mm cine camera.  The digital camera is the wave of the future in screen and TV production.  — Don Rushmore

 

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