The Canon GL2. Is it still relevant today?

Описание: I picked up a Canon GL2 on eBay for $100 dollars, an impulse buy. I bought it to teach my daughter how to use a camera more professional than an auto everything DSLR and iPhone. The camera has a lot of manual settings that allow you to really control a scene. I also love the feel of the old footage.

If you want to see a great video shot with this camera and what it can do in the right hands, check out this video. He did an amazing job.    • Hammock - disappear like the morning - Can...  

Canon XM2/GL2


The GL2 has fewer features than the GL1, but is much more portable.
Canon XM2/GL2 is a PAL or NTSC Mini DV camcorder, the successor to the Canon XM1/GL1.
Features[edit]
Part of their high-end, "prosumer" range, notable features include zebra patterning, colour gain, phase and sharpness. It has a 2.5 inch LCD display and 0.44 inch viewfinder, a bulky auto/manual focus button on the front, and a large rubber manual focus ring for quick or pull focusing. It also includes such features as 3​1⁄4″ CCDs, manual and auto focus and white balance, and the ability to attach a wide variety of accessories, making it popular with amateur and independent filmmakers. It has a fixed fluorite zoom lens and records to MiniDV cassettes. Its operating weight, when batteries and tapes are included, is under four pounds.
The GL2 differs from its predecessor, the Canon GL1, in a few notable ways. First, The CCD was improved to allow more accurate edge-to-edge imaging[clarification needed]. While this was entirely in the overscan area of broadcast television, the improvement is visible in conversions to film and in video distributed on the web. Slower shutter speeds were introduced, all the way down to 1/8 of a second in video mode. The GL2 also introduced features for digital effects and colour bars in-camera, as well as 1.7 Megapixel still camera features for use with an SD Card.
Specifications[edit]
¼″ 470K pixel 3CCD with pixel shift,
Canon Professional L-Series Fluorite Lens,
20x optical zoom/100x digital zoom,
Optical image stabiliser,
Direction accurate stereo microphone,
Two-channel audio level manual control with VU meter,
2.5″ 200K colour LCD screen,
Sockets Include; Lanc, Headphone, Dc In, Microphone, Dv in/out, Av in/out/, USB, S-Video,