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Console’s REC PANEL is comprised of five optional windows. Using Console and a well-calibrated external video monitor
to accurately view XL H1 video, the REC PANEL gives users total control over all aspects of the image and XL H1
camera functions. The windows include:
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Rec Viewer—video, a clip counter, audio meter/controls, color/monochrome setting, split-screen,
and zebra levels
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Camera Control—remote control of most camera functions
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Vector and Waveform Monitors—professional features for checking
color and brightness
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Focus Assist—zoom in electronically or go to black & white
to adjust focus
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Custom Preset—offers multiple settings for total image control
Console’s PLAY PANEL features three optional windows that allow users to review
what they have recorded or to call up any existing clips or stills that may be
stored on a hard drive or a memory card.
The three windows are:
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The Play Viewer—displays selected clip with a running counter (which does not match the camera’s time code).
A slider lets users alter playback speed, and audio monitor settings appear as well.
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File Browser—enables users to select which clip is playing in the Play Viewer window. The left side features a browser
to locate the clip on the hard drive. The right side displays a key frame from the clip with date, size, length, and file
type information.
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Vector and Waveform Monitors—for critical evaluation of recorded clips.
CANON CONSOLE SOFTWARE
Canon Console is an advanced next-
generation software product developed
to address the creative needs of XL H1
users. Combining traditional aspects of
a camera control unit or motion-picture-
style “video village,” Console can be
accessed from a laptop or desktop
computer. Whether it’s changing basic
camera settings such as f-stops or white
balance, or carefully “painting” the video
images being captured for a cinematic
look, Console gives users the software
tools they need for full creative expression.
Features of Console include live video,
vector scope, and waveform monitoring
of the XL H1’s video signal on a laptop
or desktop computer screen. Users can
also capture XL H1 video direct to a
computer’s hard drive. Console is a great
asset for artistic video capture, whether
shooting is done on location or in a studio.
Console is simply and conveniently
arranged in two basic environments, the
REC PANEL and the PLAY PANEL. All of
Console’s windows are contained in one of
these two environments. When footage is
being captured, the REC PANEL contains
all the options needed to control camera
functions and “tweak” the look of the
image. Whey footage is being played back,
the PLAY PANEL is used. Both basic
environments can be displayed or
hidden using the first two buttons on the
Console toolbar, or through pull-down
menus at the top of the screen. Users can
access as many or as few of Console’s tools
as they wish. Console is easy to operate
and it allows users learn its features quickly
as they experiment with them while
shooting with the XL H1.
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