i’m having trouble with the quality. After i record the footage, when i view it on my computer it looks quite grainy.

how can i improve the quality BEFORE and AFTER filming!

PLEASE HELP ME! i have an up coming event i need to film and i don’t want to mess it up.

If who that of foreign colleagues is going to to throw out such chamber, please don’t do it. Present it to me, because I in Ukraine on it should work 5 years = (

on my old sony fx 1000 i could record in something called super slowmo, can you do it with the canon xh a1?

@DOBM i will buy one from you… i dont want to pay full price since im still in highschool

i use a CANON XHA1 ive been making MUSIC VIDEOS on it for over a year,? its very versatile and easy to shoot with but i would like to meet other users of the XHA1 to get to know it better.

I have all three, the Canon XH-G1, 5D MkII & Casio EX-F1. The XH-A1 is a ‘proper’ camcorder with a moveable LCD monitor, Focus & Zoom pull, XLR mike sockets and very editable recording format. I use the 5D MkII for 35mm type DOF. Both cameras great in low light if you know what you are doing. The EX-F1 is primarily as a trick camera for web output. It’s sensor size is limiting. It’s very high speed modes 600/1200fps require masses of light and video even at std frame rate is poor in low light.

You use Menu, Signal Setup and select 24F. This is NOT selected from the shutter speed wheel. i.e. the frame rate is independent of the shutter speed. e..g. You can have a frame rate of 24 fps and a shutter speed of 1/200 of a second.

hi i use a canon xha1 canon high def ,ive made ten music videos in a year stop by my channel and check them out

this uses MiniDV ? or Memory Stick (AVCHD) ?

this camera because the xl2 is not in hd

great tutorial. I’m having troubles with my xha1. It will record with the remote, but not with the record button on top or on the right side.
basically the buttons on the camera won’t record, but the remote (start/stop) works.

great tutorials,
im wondering if i want to shoot and then make the footage slow motion . is it wise to shoot in really bright light and increase the shutter speed to suit that. does this crisper movement mean that the slow mo will be cleaner
what would you do.
im using the xha1.

Teach folks how to control IRIS instead which is the main mistake videographers make when shooting inside a room with the poorly lid subject is close to a huge bright window or against the sun. All you do is to read the room’s exposure away from the strong light (point anywhere BUT the strong light) then press “exposure lock” and the room will not get dark when pointing the camera towards the bright source. Alternatively, you can control your IRIS ring as the lighing changes.

This is for a person who never touched a video camera before. That’s the basic of the basic of the very basic.

Thanks for posting these tutorials.
I’ll watch the rest before posting my next short. The last couple have been using this camera but very simply.

Anyone seen XH-A1 footage with the Wide Converter on? I’m considering buying but want to see the benefits before I buy!

would you recomend this or the Xl2 i am making a surf video…!!!!! help!

I’m gonna buy this camera…..I wish =’( =’(

These are great videos! I would only suggest that you number them next time.

Peace!

Hey…I’m in the market for a quality video camera…I do alot of wildlife videography…any suggestions?

thanks!

Casio EX-F1 is a compact as it still has smaller sensor. you will still face the grainny video in low light..

the 5D mark II is quite special as it has quite a big sensor so in low light there will be no issues.

I do like the Ex-F1.. Nice camera

Sorry meant to put 3-1/3″ ccds as compared to a 1/8″ ccd on the smaller cameras. its hard to believe but the diff is noticeable in low light.

I have never messed with the Canon 5d mark II but it looks cool and not 3 ccd, but the advancement of cmos now or in the future is getting close. Personaly I want to get a casio f1 just because it looks like it would be fun to play with at 60 frames a second burst shooting.

in this sense the New Canon 5D mark II should be the best Camcorder out there isnt it?
as it has a 21 MP full frame CMOS sensor..

I messed with the smaller 3ccd cameras and compared it in the same room low light with a sony FX1 and it seems that the bigger the chip the more light it will draw in. Smaller cameras have I think a 8th inch ccd while the bigger ones have a quarter inch ccd making low light better quality. Just a thought.