The Front *(10.0)*The XH A1 has a relatively conventional body design that looks at first glance more like Panasonic’s AG-HVX200, Sony’s HDR-FX7, or Canon’s own GL 2 than its beefed up counterpart, the XL H1. From the front, the detachable lens hood is the most prominent feature of the XH A1, and it is deep enough to provide decent lens shading. The lens cover is removable, and unlike on Sony’s FX7 which sports a barn-door-style lens cover, it is not integrated into the hood. Numerous third-party DTE HDD devices are available for tapeless video capture, and can be purchased off-the-shelf. Editing ***(8.0)*Editing HDV and DV video can be edited using numerous NLE programs, including Adobe Premiere, AVID Xpress Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro HD. HDV editing will place a higher processor load on your system than DV, but most of today’s computer systems can handle HDV editing with sufficient drive capacity and RAM. **Media *(7.5)*The XH A1 is compatible with standard 6.35mm DV tapes for recording HDV or DV video. Still images can be captured to SD or SDHC memory cards. In both HDV and DV recording modes, the data rate is fixed at 25 Mbps. Their data rate is identical despite the fact that HDV and DV use different compression codecs.

Compression* (7.0)*The Canon XH A1 records DV or HDV video to tape or DTE drive, and unlike the XH G1 and XL H1, cannot output uncompressed video via the HD/SD SDI port included in the Professional Jack Pack.

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