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High end Canon video cameras (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter benji
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Steve G
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Hi Benji,
I have an XL1s which I bought second hand. When using the "optional" (i.e have to buy separately!) EOS adapter the camera can mount EOS lenses & due to the size of the CCD yields a lens magnification factor of x7.2 thus a 500m lens will give a magnification of x72. This yields good quality video images when used with a quality tripod/head. Sound quality is not great but various 3rd party microphones can be easily used with this system as can a parabolic reflector + microphone.
Many of the currently available birding videos/DVDs were shot using this camera including Paul Doherty's excellent videos (the earlier ones at least)-usually narrated by Bill Oddie, & Malcolm Rymer's series of birding travel videos. Essentially with some skill, expertise & practice the quality can be amazing.
I don't use my camera too often or to its full potential however it can prove very useful. Recently I have used it to take video of a pair of Black-throated Divers which are breeding on a Loch in central Scotland (just south of Highland region). The camera combined with a 500mm lens(zoom) allows me to record video from a nearby wood avoiding any contact or need for close approach to the birds thus there is absolutely no disturbance to the birds(they never see me) & no risk of falling foul of the law with respect to Schedule 1 birds. Sound quality at that distance is however poor except on still windless days.
Cheers,
Steve
I have an XL1s which I bought second hand. When using the "optional" (i.e have to buy separately!) EOS adapter the camera can mount EOS lenses & due to the size of the CCD yields a lens magnification factor of x7.2 thus a 500m lens will give a magnification of x72. This yields good quality video images when used with a quality tripod/head. Sound quality is not great but various 3rd party microphones can be easily used with this system as can a parabolic reflector + microphone.
Many of the currently available birding videos/DVDs were shot using this camera including Paul Doherty's excellent videos (the earlier ones at least)-usually narrated by Bill Oddie, & Malcolm Rymer's series of birding travel videos. Essentially with some skill, expertise & practice the quality can be amazing.
I don't use my camera too often or to its full potential however it can prove very useful. Recently I have used it to take video of a pair of Black-throated Divers which are breeding on a Loch in central Scotland (just south of Highland region). The camera combined with a 500mm lens(zoom) allows me to record video from a nearby wood avoiding any contact or need for close approach to the birds thus there is absolutely no disturbance to the birds(they never see me) & no risk of falling foul of the law with respect to Schedule 1 birds. Sound quality at that distance is however poor except on still windless days.
Cheers,
Steve
