I’ve been a Sony man myself (VX-1000, PD-150), but plenty of festivals have been entered, reels filled out, and development deals struck with the Canon XL-1. Well, that’s all so much Fassbinder the bridge (it’s ok, I’ll wait…with me?) now. Canon’s released the Canon XL2, which, according to Gizmodo’s way-too-technical-for-me description, can sync settings between multiple cameras and “…there’s just so much to this camera, though, it’s sort of hard to explain.” It’s coming in around $5K. Time to dole out producer credit to “Amex” and “Visa.”
Canon XL2 product page
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the making of, by greg allen