Canon's "pro-sumer" grade GL2 digital camcorder leaves its rivals in the dust! It's got all the features you want and need for serious videography: automatic and manual focus and exposure controls; 20X optical and 100X digital zoom; SMPTE color bars for color correction; shutter speed settings as slow as 1/8 of a second and much, much more. The fluorite lens helps prevent color aberrations that reduce sharpness, contrast, and saturation.
The GL2's audio recording system includes an omni-directional microphone, meters and dials for separate control over two audio channels, and an option to add an adapter compatible with professional XLR-terminated microphones.
The camera's Clear Scan setting allows you to synchronize your camera's shutter speed with the scan rate of a computer or other monitor, to avoid the rolling horizontal lines that can ruin playback. Pass-through analog-to-digital conversion mode lets you use the camera to convert analog signals to digital, and then record them to an external deck. If you’re ready to step up to the big leagues, the GL2 is the camera for you!
Canon's "pro-sumer" grade GL2 digital camcorder leaves its rivals in the dust! It's got all the features you want and need for serious videography: automatic and manual focus and exposure controls; 20X optical and 100X digital zoom; SMPTE color bars for color correction; shutter speed settings as slow as 1/8 of a second and much, much more. The fluorite lens helps prevent color aberrations that reduce sharpness, contrast, and saturation.
The GL2's audio recording system includes an omni-directional microphone, meters and dials for separate control over two audio channels, and an option to add an adapter compatible with professional XLR-terminated microphones.
The camera's Clear Scan setting allows you to synchronize your camera's shutter speed with the scan rate of a computer or other monitor, to avoid the rolling horizontal lines that can ruin playback. Pass-through analog-to-digital conversion mode lets you use the camera to convert analog signals to digital, and then record them to an external deck. If you’re ready to step up to the big leagues, the GL2 is the camera for you!
Fluorite Zoom LensCanon's 20X Professional L-Series Fluorite optical zoom lens for the GL2 uses fluorite to defeat color aberration effect that causes reduction in sharpness, contrast and color. The lens precisely controls components of light, providing an excellent balance of the three critical picture quality ingredients, resulting in unsurpassed image quality.
3CCD with Pixel Shift TechnologyThe Canon GL2 features three CCDs to deliver outstanding picture quality, highly accurate color reproduction and a wide dynamic range without color noise Plus the Canon GL2 uses Pixel Shift, a signal processing method used in broadcast TV cameras, for enhanced picture clarity, reduced vertical smear from bright light sources and sharper still images.
Optical Image StabilizerCanon’s superb Optical Image Stabilizer effectively corrects camera shake so that even hand held shots at full telephoto and shots taken from a moving car are smooth and rock-steady without image degradation.
Advanced Accessory ShoeThe Canon GL2 digital camcorder features an advanced accessory shoe for professional accessories such as directional stereo microphone and video light for increased audio and video quality.