Canon XL 1 Brochure & Specs page 3

Unparalleled Optics Plus
Unparalleled Optics Plus
Interchangeable-lens Versatility
Interchangeable-lens Versatility
Magnesium Alloy Body
The XL1 camcorder is designed to
support extensive field use. Its chassis is
mounted in a single, durable magnesium
frame to provide overall strength and
protection from external shock – blending
twenty times the durability of ordinary
camcorder bodies, with countless times
the style.
Multi-View Finder
Whatever your position, the finder
complements your point of view. Slide the
high-resolution (180,000 pixel) color finder
across to suit your individual line of sight –
whether you use your left or right
eye – and move from close-
range to open-range at the
flick of a switch.
Top Grip With Recording
Controls
In addition to the normal side grip, the XL1
features a carrying handle complete with
a duplicate set of recording and zoom
controls to better meet your individual
recording style, as well as being ideal for
low-angle recording.
Interchangeable
Lens System
A super-flexible system with an
unbeatable range. XL1 maximizes your
options via the new XL mount system, for
a potential focal range of between 24 and
2160 mm, made possible through the use
of XL and EF (camera) lenses.
200mm
16X Zoom Lens XL 5.5–88mm IS
Extra Wide-angle Lens XL 3.4–10.2mm
400mm 600mm
With Extender XL 1.6X
Focal range expressed as 35mm equivalents
SuperRange
Optical Image Stabilizer
Until now, optical image stabilizers have
used solely a gyro sensor to detect
camcorder vibration (the data from which
controls a vari-angle prism that
continuously corrects the path of the
incoming light). SuperRange goes one
step further by examining the image after
it is received by the CCD, and detecting
any low-frequency vibrations missed by
the gyro. This data is fed-back to
accelerate and refine the movement of the
vari-angle prism. This greatly
improves performance for low
frequency vibration, resulting
in the most advanced optical
image stabilization available
today.
Image stabilizer ON Image stabilizer OFF
SuperRange
Optical Image Stabilizer
100
80
60
Conventional
Optical Image
40
Stabilizer
20
0
0.3 1
Frequency [Hz]
Suppression Performance
of SuperRange
Optical Image Stabilizer
800mm
10 20
1000mm
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