Canon GL2 Manual page 7

its lens The GL2 is equipped with the highly acclaimed Canon Professional LSeries luxury Fluorite
Lens. To further enhance your videos, theres an Optical Image Stabilizer to correct camera shake,
plus theres a Precision Circular Iris and ND Filter for total control of the picture. Shooting Modes
and Aspect Ratios The GL2 has three shooting modes Normal Movie Mode, Digital Photo Mode, and
the cinemalike Frame Movie Mode popularized by Canons leading edge XL1 and XL1S. The GL2 also
offers both the standard 43 aspect ratio and 169 wide screen TV aspect ratio. Exposure Modes The
GL2 offers both the versatility to meet all exposure challenges and ease of use when youre 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 almost any
lighting condition. You also can easily adjust the exposure system in any one of several creative ways
to meet specific needs.
By turning the easily accessible Program Dial to select one of seven exposure modes, you control
how you want the video to look. Shooting Enhancements The Canon GL2 offers many oncamera
enhancements that help avoid common shooting errors and make capturing highquality footage
troublefree. The shooting enhancements also include basic conventional features that are commonly
found on broadcast camcorders. Picture Adjustments Attaining the best picture possible is the
essence of filmmaking, photography, videography and Canon. The GL2 automates and also allows
manual control of the essential ingredients that go into capturing great images. Audio Adjustments
The GL2s omnidirectional microphone is designed to deliver great quality sound realistic, lifelike,
and in stereo. Using the GL2s Advanced Accessory Shoe expands your audio options. Also consider
that you have sound options to meet both your recording and editing needs. One option gives you
two channels for recording sound and two channels for adding sound at the editing stage. Custom
Keys and Presets One Custom Key The GL2 offers a Custom Key one setting for camera mode and
one for VCR mode. This lets you create and save your own custom settings so your common shooting
modes can be readily duplicated. Select options from either the Camera Menu or the VCR Menu and
create a customized setting for each. Custom Preset Key In addition to creating a custom setting for
camera and VCR mode via the custom key, you also can establish one preset registration for the
following camera features camera sharpness, color gain, setup level, and color phase. Camera
Sharpness Change the degree of sharpness in the picture. There are 13 steps to choose from.
Camera Color Shift the color towards red or green. MultiMediaCard and SD Memory Card
compatible For the storage of digital still images captured by the GL2, you can use either
MultiMediaCards or SD memory cards in the GL2.
An 8MB SD Card comes with the camcorder, storing up to 17 fine quality still pictures or 32
standard quality images.See full review Lon.TV Onsite Associates Program To calculate the overall
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analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please try again later. C Wood 5.0 out of 5 stars This was
their comment to sell the Canon GL2. Very Good condition. Condition Used Very Good Camcorder
looks great and functions perfectly. Very well packed. I did not see this video camera as a condition
used. It looked brand new. There was not a blemish on it. Including the bottom pad. The remote
looked brand new. The manual as well. The cables were wrapped in rubber bands but they were in
excellent condition. The camera bag I got looked as if it were brand new. I got new software. The
camera works as if brand new. A little tricky to figure out how to navigated around the menu. But
that was due to user being ignorant.Not anything extraordinary but better than a typical tape
camcorder of the time. This is NOT an HD camcorder, but its a MiniDV cassettebased model. Its
quite impressionable in terms of quality for a 2002 model. Video is free from grain. Low light quality
isnt the best but average. Thechip video sensor; considered a must for most amateur and
professional videographers. Pros Camcorder has the features you need today. It was built in 2002
ahead of its time. Now, it still in line with the present video technology. Video can be imported to