• Digital Video Format and IEEE 1394 Canon's GL2 camcorder adheres to an
international MiniDV standard. Using MiniDV cassettes, audio and video are
recorded digitally. The MiniDV format delivers more than 500 lines of horizontal
resolution. In terms of picture quality, this is about 25% better than the best
analog formats. It features a DV terminal, also known as a FireWire terminal,
which conforms to the IEEE 1394 standard. Using this terminal, you can transfer
digital video and audio to and from a computer equipped with a DV terminal,
another DV camcorder, or a DV VCR. The digital data transfer occurs without
any degradation to the image or audio. This means you can edit movies on your
computer and maintain the same high level of picture and audio quality when you
transfer the edited movie back to DV tape using the DV terminal.
• 3 CCD - The Canon GL2 has 3 CCDs, delivering outstanding picture quality,
highly accurate color reproduction and a wide dynamic range with virtually no
color noise. On top of that, Canon has improved a broadcast technology to create
a new form of Pixel Shift, producing greater picture quality than that of
camcorders using CCDs with almost twice the number of pixels.
• Professional L-series Fluorite Lens - Canon has satisfied the demands of
experienced image makers for years through the power, design and quality of
35mm and broadcast TV lenses. Canon's Professional L-Series lenses utilize
Fluorite, a material which provides outstanding resolution, contrast, and color
reproduction- especially in lightweight, high-magnification lenses. Incorporated
into the lens on the GL2, Fluorite delivers the ultimate in clarity and image
quality. The Fluorite element inside the lens defeats color aberration - the effect
when the components of light stray from one another within a lens, causing a
reduction in sharpness, contrast and color. The Fluorite lens precisely controls
components of light providing an excellent balance of these three critical
ingredients of picture quality. This is unobtainable with conventional optical
glass.
• Optical Image Stabilizer - Canon's superb optical stabilization system corrects
camera shake instantly so even hand held shots, at full telephoto, and shots taken
from a moving car, are smooth and steady. And since it is optical, there is no loss
of image quality inevitable with electronic image stabilizers. It perfectly
complements the high picture quality of the DV format.
• Shooting Modes and Aspect Ratios - The GL2 has 3 shooting modes: normal
movie mode, digital photo mode, and the cinema-like frame movie mode
popularized by Canon's leading-edge XL1 and XL1S. The GL2 also offers both
the standard 4:3 aspect ratio and 16:9 wide screen TV aspect ratio.
• Exposure Modes - The GL2 offers both the versatility to meet all exposure
challenges and ease of use when you're happy to let the camera make all the
choices. Amazingly sophisticated circuitry and computer algorithms analyze the
light coming through the lens to deliver proper exposure automatically under
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