Is the CANON XL2 a good professional level camera?

im looking for somthing that would look almost good enough for a tv sitcom…any suggestions?

Answer by fhotoace
The Canon XL series does produce “broadcast” quality video and I used an old XL-1 to produce “how to” DVD’s about eight years ago, so you should be able to get the quality you need.

I would ask the people who will be “airing” your work what they have to say about it.

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Canon EOS 20D crash course


Image by gwilmore
I took my Nikon D50 in this morning for a long-overdue sensor cleaning and was given a bit of bad news, which is that I won’t have the camera back until late Monday morning. I had hoped to have it back later today. Since I feel almost naked now when I don’t have it with me, or at least close at hand, the mere thought of having to go 48 hours without my camera was almost enough to send me into withdrawal; and what’s more, I have a Flickr meetup scheduled for this evening at the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple, where some of us are going to get together to look at the Christmas lights. However, shortly after dropping off my camera and having lunch at MacAlpine’s for the second Saturday in a row, I made what turned out to be a very fortunate decision: I dropped by to visit my friend cobalt123, who, after hearing about my situation, graciously allowed me to borrow her Canon EOS 20D, along with her 60mm f/2.8 macro lens. I went home shortly afterward, where I found online instructions on how to operate the camera and made a hurried effort to learn at least the rudiments, which I hope will pay off over the next couple of days. I will probably return it to cobalt on Monday, but in the meantime, I want to put it to good use, particularly since I love to take macros but do not own a macro lens.

I purchased this watch nearly four years ago, at which time it made its only previous appearance in my Flickr photostream. (There’s a story behind that image, too.) The watch is still in very good shape, but I didn’t bother to clean it off before taking this picture, as I figured the smudges, water spots, and dust on its surface would help me to assess the quality of the 60mm lens. I took this from a distance of perhaps 6 inches, and I could have done it from much closer, but I wanted to include the entire watch dial in the frame. I laid the watch on our sidewalk, took the picture from a prone position — I must have been an amusing sight for passersby, since we live on a fairly busy street — and then rotated it 90 degrees in postprocessing. The 20D shoots in both RAW and JPEG formats, but I don’t have Canon’s RAW software, so any pictures I take with this camera and upload will be JPEGs.

I know my sister Sheila is going to tease me to no end when she sees this and learns what I have done. She is a professional photographer and uses a Canon, and of course the rivalry between Canon and Nikon is well known. It makes for some amusing exchanges between us. Last week I told her I thought she had done very well with herself in spite of the limitations of her "inferior Canon equipment," to which she replied that in the alphabet, "C" came before "N" for a reason. Yes, I said, I knew that; it was because the alphabet reserved its most important and meaningful letters for the second half. I suppose she will look at this now and praise me for having repented and joined the one and true fold, or something like that.

I saw that some several thousand dollar cameras used for weddings were 12 megapixel…which is what the G11 is i think. Plus the ratings are very high for the G11.

Could it be used for professional wedding photos do u think?
Thanks!

Answer by CommandoBurton
No, I would never use that.

I would go with the T2i with fair lens at least, and NOT the kit lens. Pay 300+ on lenses, be sure to look for reviews on them.

If you want to be professional in my view use Zeiss lens with the adapter or Canon L lens. With the Canon Mark II, as it is a full frame camera.

Conclusion:

The gear you use isn’t what makes you a professional but it sure helps you look it and preform it. A little tip, megapixels don’t mean anything. You can never know. It often “can” mean there is better quality over another but really you can just enlarge another image up to that size and it could be just as good.

Please don’t forget backup gear, you’ll look helpless and get bad reputation if you can’t take the shots.

I’m just saying, I’d rather my wedding be done with professional equipment; seriously start off with something better. A 35mm film camera could do better- I’m not joking.

Answer by Tat
There are no professional cameras. There are only professional photographers.

Answer by deep blue2
No. And megapixels are nothing to do with it.

The reason most pros use DSLR’s for weddings is that they have a large sensor – this allows for greater image quality which means that images can be enlarged much more.

Most important in wedding photography is the ability to use fast lenses on a camera (ie lenses which have a wide maximum aperture). Frequently you’re shooting in low light conditions (dim churches) where flash is not permitted. You need fast primes of zooms to gather enough light to have an acceptable shutter speed. Larger sensors help here too in that the ISO can usually be cranked up in a DSLR without too much noise. Compacts suffer from digital noise when ISO is set high.

Answer by Paul R
No.

Apart from anything else you will not get taken seriously as a professional if you use a compact, with any trade a lot of the skill is actually presentaition and perception, the g11 is a good compact camera, probably the best compact camera, but it is still a compact.

If you are asking this question then I think the first step into professional photography should be a photography class at nightschool or similar. That will give you a better grounding and an idea of what kit you need.

Answer by ronald
No, The image sensor used in point and shoot digital cameras is generally much smaller than the image sensor used in a DSLR (the difference is often as much as 25 times). you might have a look at Pentax K-x 12.4 MP Digital SLR Camera
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_i_0?rh=i%3Aelectronics%2Ck%3Apentax+k-x&tag=bestdeals-y-20&keywords=pentax+k-x&ie=UTF8&qid=1276070340

Canon EOS Rebel T2i 18 MP CMOS APS-C Digital SLR Camera
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0035FZJHQ?ie=UTF8&tag=bestdeals-y-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0035FZJHQ

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