canon xl1s test - the golden hour in summer night

i tested my canon xl1s one evening and here's the result. music by:casselius a.k.a kasperi äikäs - one of these rainy days.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• summer
• finland
• xl1s
• ambient
• art
• beautiful
• sun
• sunshine
• filming
• homemade
• nature
• birch
• frame
• mode

[PokeWorks]

Couldn't you record in 16:9 so it looks better?

[heicKy]

@PokeWorks I've filmed this in 2007 so I was really noob back then.

[Banikan]

I pretty confused here.. on every XL1 tests the quality is like 360p max.. I mean.. don't it at least shoot in 480p? cause this quality is quite bad.. Someone please give me some more info here!

[heicKy]

@Banikan Canon Xl1s shoots in standard definition meaning 720X576 in PAL. So its basicly 576P. But the video file I have here is crappy WMV file with 360p resolution. And its old and horribly filmed when I look it now.

[MoJoSB]

Looks really nice but that soft focus thing is bothering me...

Been playing with the XL1s and it's soft in some shots. I think I also make the mistake of shooting in frame mode. Then there in the problem of how to render out. Would really love to know the setting people are using when they get a good final image with real quality.

Like how to avoid the boxy renders, how to get a clean end product.

[heicKy]

hi and thanks!

I think that you should film without using autofocus off, because it sucks in canon xl1s. Image gets blurred really easily. Turn the lens on MF and focus manually. This was the very first video i filmed with my Canon so I didn't know that back then.

About the rendering things. I found that rendering video as mov. usin h.264 codec and scaling footage to 1024x576. For youtube these settings work pretty well. (Look my video called ''Trip to Norway'')

[StreetyMcStreetSk8er]

im looking to buy one for skateboard videography.

does it have threads on the lens for a fisheye lens? 

[ROCKBANDDUDE666]

@3Bproductionz ya thats why im looking the camera up lol

[bajuriphd]

dont even bring this camera to Dubai in a public place..they gonna keep throwing you away as they gonna tell that you are professional...WFT???

[swarm2013]

You should of switch the setting to 16:9

[3Bproductionz]

Im trying to decide whether to get a Canon Xl1s or a Panasonic DVX100a.. anybody have any ideas for my type of movies? mainly action movies

[dayboyy24]

haha yeah