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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bodger" data-source="post: 1478652" data-attributes="member: 28711">Its horses for courses really.  If you're just starting out,  and filming stuff in the UK then the most likely place you can get your stuff on screen is in programmes like Springwatch.  Various 'amateurs' make films for SW with things like a XL1,  but the problem is that you cannot import tapes directly into an avid edit suite if they have been used with the HD option - they have to be transferred to a different format which costs time and money.  XL1s are good in that you can switch to SD in the menu but its a faff.  I think a lot of people are blinded by the HD label and don't realise that its not the same thing as you see on the TV.  No-one in broadcast would call an XL1 a hi def camera. The only reason they would have used them for snow leopards is that they are more robust and lighter to cart for miles than a broadcast HD camera setup.Bodger</blockquote>