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Canon XM2 camcorder (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter mark b
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Canon xm2. wildlife filming
Try here,
do a search for wildlife filming, plenty of info.
Hope this helps.
steveps
Try here,
do a search for wildlife filming, plenty of info.
Hope this helps.
steveps
Steve G
RAINBIRDER
I've tinkered around with a Canon XL-1s -good fun but it's a serious piece of kit in the right hands. The XM2 is it's replacement & looks to be a popular camera with wildlife videographers. These cameras can, with a suitable mount take the modern Canon SLR lenses. Though autofocus won't work with these lenses there is a huge depth of field using this set up & manual focus is easy. Image stabilised lenses retain the IS function but the big advantage is magnification. A 500mm lens on an XM2 will yield a magnification of x72.
I don't know what he uses now but many of Paul Doherty's excellent early Birding videos were shot on the XL1 & the message on the street is the XM2 is a worthy successor.
I don't know what he uses now but many of Paul Doherty's excellent early Birding videos were shot on the XL1 & the message on the street is the XM2 is a worthy successor.
mark b said:
Hi Mark,
I use one of these and find it to be a super bit of kit. If you can afford the Xl2 then it does benefit from the interchangable lenses. But lens on the XM2 is excellent and it has image stabalizing. I use it to film wildlife, surfing, kayaking and mountainbiking. It takes reasonable stills as well !
I would highly recommend it.
Cheers,
John.
