Closely following the heels of Sony, which announced more consumer HDV cameras 2 days back. Canon today announced 2 new HDV cameras. The XH-G1 and XH-A1 are based on the HDV tape format. With this new camera, there is very less reasons to go with the more expensive Canon XL-H1 ($9000), except for the removable lens and a few pro connections.

These 2 cameras are priced from $4000-$6000. Unfortunately, like HVX200, Sony FX1, Sony Z1u they don’t have real manual lenses, but have these fixed ever spinning focus lenses.

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