Canon XL1 XL1 Brochure - Page 3

Unparalleled Optics Plus 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. 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. 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. 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 closerange to open-range at the flick of a switch. Image stabilizer ON Image stabilizer OFF SuperRange Optical Image Stabilizer 100 Suppression Rate [%] 80 60 Conventional 40 Optical Image Stabilizer 20 0 0.3 1 10 20 Frequency [Hz] Suppression Performance of SuperRange Optical Image Stabilizer 200mm 400mm 600mm 16X Zoom Lens XL 5.5-88mm IS With Extender XL 1.6X Extra Wide-angle Lens XL 3.4-10.2mm Focal range expressed as 35mm equivalents 800mm 1000mm 3