First, I should cover some required items. This story is copyright 2001 by Jon B. Bushey. All pictures are copyright 2001 by Jon B. Bushey and were shot with Canon XL1 cameras. This story contains many pictures so the pages may be slow to load. Also, let me mention the care and time I took to insure this story was a reliable source of information. I used a scientific approach to experimenting with the XL1S. The tests for this story were run at least two times to obtain consistent, dependable results. Of course, the tests were run in a controlled environment to limit the effects of outside influences. For the purpose of this story, the XL1's were treated very nicely. However, in a subsequent story, I will beat the heck out of one of these cameras to test its robustness.
Second, let me tell you about my background and my perspective on this story. I am the managing partner in Rapid LLC, a video production company. Rapid does many types of video projects, including corporate, commercials, events, training, documentaries, narratives, and shorts. Note that Rapid does not do weddings in the traditional sense. However, for the purposes of this article, I am pointing out features that will be useful to all professional videographers: wedding, ENG, movie, event, and studio. I have quite a bit of experience - from assisting on Hollywood movies to producing my own movies. One of the movies I produced was accepted into the library of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Academy Awards.) Rapid has over a 1000 hours of DV footage - most shot with Canon XL1 cameras. Rapid has shot for cable networks, major corporations, non-profit corporations, and individuals. Our crews have traveled all over the country. Rapid is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah with buildings for our Soundstage and Post-production Facilities (Rapid Post).
Because the pictures can make the pages slow to load, I broke the story into sections. There are four main sections to this story, click on the links below to continue.
