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The Canon XL2. Puts the control of your vision in your hands, where
it belongs. You’ve got the power to manipulate the image just the
way you want. Start with
white balance, shutter speeds and aperture
control. Create a cine look, with control of all
the nuances, from gamma and knee to coring
and hue. Adjust the setup level, skin detail and
gain. The XL2 is designed to deliver creative image control when you
want it, how you want it. The XL2: ready, willing and able.
Gamma
The gamma curve of the
image can be adjusted
independently for a “video
look” (Normal) or a “film
look” (Cine).
Knee (H/M/L)
The highlight area level is
adjustable (High, Middle,
or Low) using the XL2’s
knee circuit.
Black
Controlthe depth of black
in the dark areas of an
image. You can emphasize
contrast in the video’sdark
areas (by selecting “Stretch”)
or deepen or enhance
the dark area
(by selecting
“Press”).
Color Matrix
You can change from a
video (Normal) lookto a
film (Cine) look.
Vertical Detail
There are 2 settings:
“Normal” for vertical
detail optimized for
playbackon an interlaced
monitor, “Low” for a
progressive scan monitor
like a PC.
Sharpness
Change the degree of
sharpness in the
image. Images that do
not require a lot of
detail can be softened,
such asimperfections
during close-ups.
Coring
Helps decrease image
“noise” by reducing fine
detail information that is
not a major contributor to
the picture detail.
Noise Reduction
Remove video noise—non-
picture artifacts such as
those commonly found in
low-light images—without
hurting image detail or
creating motion artifacts.
Color Gain
Adjustable in 13 steps,
from off to oversaturated,
this adjustmentwill let you
shoot in blackand white,
for example.
Color Phase
Adjust the Color Phase of
the image towards red or
green for exact control.
Master RGB Gain
The Master RGB control offers 13
steps ofadjustment to each of the
red, green and blue components
of the video signal.
Set Up Level
For professional fine tuning of
the image, the IRE setup level of
the XL2 can be adjusted in
13 steps.
Master Pedestal
The Master Pedestal, which is
the starting point of the gamma
curve, can be adjusted in 13 steps.
Skin Detail
You can adjusthue, chroma, area,
and Y level to determine the skin
area and soften detail to reduce
the appearance of skin imperfec-
tions. A zebra pattern identifying
the skin area appears, which alter-
nates with the normal picture.
Gain
The following video gain
settings can be selected: -3,
0, +3, +6, +12, and +18 dB,
as well as automatic adjust-
ment.
Programmed Auto Exposure
Modes
provide automated,
advanced recording settingsfor
pr
ofessional results in various
shooting conditions. There are a
v
ariety
of AE programs available:
Auto, Shutter-Priority, Aperture-
Priority
, Full Manual, Spotlight,
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and E
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Using
AE Shift,
you can add
or subtract a
b
it of expo-
sure, making
s
light
adjust-
ments to the image brightness to compen-
sate for backlighting or for scenes that are
bein
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ed s
lightly
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xposed. With
AE Lock, you can hold the exposure at a
particular setting, preventing unplanned
e
xposure changes with a moving subject,
for instance.
The XL2 offersyou
Automatic White
Balance
(including a fullyautomated
mode, an indoor mode and an outdoor
mode), and m
anual white balancing. The
camera also gives you the option of set-
tin
g and s
aving up to three white balance
presets that
can be
r
eu
sed f
or
non-sequen-
tial shooting.
XL2 Cine
Total Image Control
For Your
Creative Vision
Exposure Control & White Balance
With increasing emphasis
placed on delivering the
cine lookto video, the
XL2 offers you the ability
to customize your video
recordingsusing a num-
ber of variables, each one
can be adjusted inde-
pendently, giving precise
control over the “film-like”
appearence of your video.