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Canon GL1 MiniDV Digital Camcorder with Lens & Optical Image Stabilization
Manufacturer: Canon USA ProductGroup: Photography Binding: Electronics Accessories:
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ASIN: B0000507JI |
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High performance comes second nature to the Canon GL1. Whether your application is event videography, film making, shooting for the Web, or simply capturing family memories, the GL1 adapts to your lifestyle, producing studio-quality results every time. The power is in your hands. Full manual control allows you to call the shots, for unsurpassed flexibility. Form and function are successfully blended to create a camcorder that is simple to operate, yet capable of dazzling any audience.Amazon.com Product Description
The Canon GL1 (and its big brother, the XL1) are helping to blur the line between consumer and professional video equipment. This camcorder borrows most of the professional-quality components from the XL1 and puts them into a more compact, affordable camera. Though it's small enough to carry around and doesn't cost much more than a top-of-the-line consumer camcorder, the GL1 produces such high-quality results that it could be used as a broadcast video camera.Great movies start with great CCD sensors, and Canon cuts no corners here. For the best possible picture quality, they use three separate 270,000-pixel CCDs (one for each primary color). To further improve image detail, Canon has intentionally shifted the green CCD half a pixel horizontally and vertically. This shift allows more accurate interpolation, resulting in an image that Canon claims rivals those from cameras with 410,000-pixel CCDs. Each pixel is 72 square microns, which is about 1.5 times the size as those in competing camcorders. This increased size increases light sensitivity, allowing you to shoot in lower-light situations. Ultimately, the larger pixel size results in an improvement of 4 dB loss budget in sensitivity.
For great optical quality, the GL1 uses a fixed (nonremovable) 20x optical (100x digital) zoom L-series fluorite lens. The fluorite element in the lens increases sharpness and contrast, as well as helping to preserve color fidelity.
Audio is recorded through the built-in microphone, which features two pairs of pickup elements. Audio can be recorded in 16-bit mode on two channels on one track. Alternatively, audio can be record in 12-bit mode, where the audio track is divided into two, and two channels of audio are recorded onto one track, with the other left over for audio dubbing.
The electronics of the GL1 have many advanced features, including a number of programmed AE modes, as well as both shutter and aperture priority modes. There are two different auto modes, one of which allows you to adjust any setting manually, if you want, and the other, which adjusts every setting automatically and lets you adjust nothing. A spotlight mode automatically compensates for lighting difficulties when shooting a subject bathed in a spotlight. Finally, a sand-and-snow mode is designed to prevent dark, underexposed subjects in situations with bright backgrounds--commonly found in sandy and snowy areas. There are also three different shooting modes: normal movie mode, digital photo mode, and frame movie mode. Normal movie mode is for any time you want to shoot video footage. Digital photo mode records a still image for six seconds on the miniDV tape, and also captures any audio, such as a commentary. The frame movie mode records 30 still images per second, but it isn't intended to be used for shooting video. Rather, frame movie mode should be used as burst or continuous shooting mode, as you'd find on a still camera.
The GL1 uses an IEEE 1394 port for digital editing and for transferring footage to and from other IEEE 1394-compliant devices. The camcorder also has RCA (composite) audio and video ports, and an S-Video out. The analog inputs allow you to transfer old footage to DV for archiving. Built-in effects include a fader for transitions, black and white, slim, stretch, and strobe. Picture adjustment is also possible; you can adjust camera sharpness, softening or sharpening your subject, as well as the color tone and how dark or light the camera sets the auto-exposure level.
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A pleased user.......2003-06-10
It could be said that the GL-1 is among the worst of the best, but that is not a fair way of comparing its features to other camcorders. The GL-1 is top end material, producing similar or equal quality as equipment costing twice as much or more. The lower price mostly reflects the fact that the GL-1 does not have as many features as the more expensive models. It already has more buttons and settings than most of us even want to know exist anyway, so except for professionals and hard-core video fans, we amatures are plenty happy to leave the settings on 'automatic' and simply push the record button.
What really matters is the end result, and viewing a video on your television recorded with the GL-1 looks no different than a video recorded with more expensive models (well, unless you are one of those hard-core types who are very critical, but then too, every camcorder model produces slightly different results, so any differences noticed would be noticed in all). The major end-result difference will be noticed in audio quality. Recording video in a normal room setting is no problem, it comes out great, but in areas with high noise, winds, or too low of sound, the recording is sometimes less than desired. Too loud of noise causes distortion (avoid sitting directly in front of or even behind a rock group's speaker array, even if 75 feet away!), and when the desired sound to be recorded is too quiet, you may hear a slight humming of the camcorder's motor. Many users have solved the problem by purchasing additional audio recording equipment, which is of course an acceptable solution, but one that new owners should be aware of.
Every camera of course has it's good points and bad points, and except for the bad points of not-perfect audio, everything else about the GL-1 is good. Good balance, medium weight, easy loading, good battery life (1 hour with the factory battery, other batteries can be bought that will record for over 3 hours), and the appearance does say you are using high-end equipment.
All things considered, the GL-1 is right about in the middle, giving better results than all known lower-end models, but not quite as good of results as the more expensive models. The Gl-1 is Goldilock's "just right" choice (sorry, I just had to say that).
The Sony camcorder is said to be a little better, close to that of the Canon XL-1, and I did consider it, but at the time I had just overcome a less than favorable experience with a Sony product and I did not want to make another mistake. If you have the money to spare, get the XL-1 just because it's cooler looking, but for fast, easy, quality video, the GL-1 is a great choice.
Worth the Price.......2002-11-27
My favorite feature of this camera is the frame mode ability that allows you to shoot non-interlaced video, with results that are very similar in appearance to film rather than video. After shooting in frame mode and seeing the results, I've yet to shoot interlaced video again.
The one thing that this camera lacks is any ability to manually control the audio levels for the internal or external mics, which can sometimes give you less than optimal results in situations where the noise volume fluctuates noticably, or where you are trying to achieve a specific audio effect.
Summary - Excellent camera worth the price tag. Across the board, far more features and better quality than all competitors in its class. Probabaly the only camera that can top the GL1 in this class is the GL2.
Professional Quality Video...period........2002-08-04
Good zoom, color, shutter, controls= medicore image?.......2002-06-19
The Good
The controls on this thing are great, it's almost like having an SLR in a camcorder. The lens on this thing is great! Images come through very bright allowing for high shutter speeds. The zoom is 20X optical and something like 100x digital, and the digital zoom is usable, trust me on this one. You can switch between interlace and progressive scan with the use of one button interlace=60 1/2 frames per second, progressive= 30 full frames per second. The image stabilization is great, and it is very easy to shoot with. Shutter speed is good up to 1/15000 of a second. Oh and did I mention lots of manual controls if you want them.
The Bad
The CCD's on this thing have no resolution. I would almsot have to lie to tell you I get 500 lines of horizontal resolution. When displayed on a big screen pixilization is obvious. Still images stink too. You can't even get VGA out of this thing. Also the auto focus is amazingly slow. Terrible for action sequences but not a problem for a normal situation or say filming a golfer tennis player.
The Silly/trivial
You need to push a seperate button to eject a tape. Canon could have made this thing smaller to. The camera has an uncomfortable inbetween size. It is by no means small, not even medium sized, but not really one of those huge shoulder mounted things. The LCD screen on this thing could have been bigger too. In all honesty I think cannon wasted a ton of space on this thing. I know some will say the lens head is big, and that is fine, but the tape deck is way too big and the LCD is almost an inch thick, not excusable.
Overall I am satisfied with it. A very nice piece of machinery. The best camcorder for recording golf hands down.
An excellent choice.......2002-05-12
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Linksys-Cisco ETHERFAST CABLE/DSL VPN ROUTER ( BEFVP41-EU )
Manufacturer: Linksys ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics ASIN: B0001YQQNA |
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LSI Logic ITI 6200 - Storage controller - 2 Channel - Ultra2 Wide SCSI - 160 MBps - PCI 64
Manufacturer: IntraServer Technology ProductGroup: CE ASIN: B0009MK6YE |
Product Description
ITI-6000 series SCSI host adapters offer breakthrough innovation and value to users at 20, 000 I/Os per second. IntraServer-LSI Logic's optional IntraFlex technology electronically isolates the adapter's Ultra SCSI segment. This technology allows the adapter to simultaneously support legacy devices at speeds up to 40 MB/sec on the Ultra SCSI bus while supporting Ultra2 peripherals at speeds up to 80 MB/sec on the Ultra2 bus. IntraServer-LSI Logic has engineered unique integrated status indicators on the ITI-6000 series module handle. These indicators show Ultra2/LVD mode, SCSI activity, and termination on. The adapter status indicators help in rapid diagnoses of adapter installation issues reducing any system down time.
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LSI Logic ITI 6200 - Storage controller - 2 Channel - Ultra2 Wide SCSI - 160 MBps - PCI 64
Manufacturer: IntraServer Technology ProductGroup: CE ASIN: B0009MD3NU |
Product Description
ITI-6000 series SCSI host adapters offer breakthrough innovation and value to users at 20, 000 I/Os per second. IntraServer-LSI Logic's optional IntraFlex technology electronically isolates the adapter's Ultra SCSI segment. This technology allows the adapter to simultaneously support legacy devices at speeds up to 40 MB/sec on the Ultra SCSI bus while supporting Ultra2 peripherals at speeds up to 80 MB/sec on the Ultra2 bus. IntraServer-LSI Logic has engineered unique integrated status indicators on the ITI-6000 series module handle. These indicators show Ultra2/LVD mode, SCSI activity, and termination on. The adapter status indicators help in rapid diagnoses of adapter installation issues reducing any system down time.
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Microtek ArtixScan 2500f Scanner
Manufacturer: Microtek ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Accessories:
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ASIN: B00006HY9X |
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Designed for the professional, the award-winning ArtixScan 2500f combines the flexibility of dual-media scanning with the speed of FireWire or SCSI. Its calibrated twin lens system can scan either a full-bed reflective or transparent artwork at up to 1,250 dpi, or up to 2,500 dpi. Plus, its 10,000-element Kodak Tri-linear CCD array is versatile enough to scan at 4.4 Maximum Optical Density without multiple sampling for outstanding color fidelity and superior tonal reproduction.Amazon.com Product Description
This superior 36-bit flatbed scanner has two scanning beds, one for photos and one for film, and uses Microtek's own patented Emulsion Direct Imaging Technology for incredibly sharp transparency scanning. With EDIT, there is no glass between the scanning lens, film, or light source, eliminating distortion and Newton rings, which can occur with traditional transparency adapters.The ArtixScan 2500f combines the speed of FireWire and SCSI with the flexibility of dual-media, dual-lens scanning. This high-performance scanner is versatile enough to scan full-bed reflective or transparent artwork at up to 1,250 dpi, or up to 2,500 dpi in a 4-inch-wide band running the length of both scan beds. SnapTrans film templates are included for scanning a wide variety of film, including 35mm slide, 35mm filmstrip, 4-by-5-inch, and 6-by-9-centimeter. An 8-by-10-inch glass tray is also included as a universal film holder to scan non-standard-sized film.
The comprehensive software package includes SilverFast Ai 6.0 with dust and scratch removal and Genuine Fractals Print Pro 2.5. Microtek provides a one-year limited warranty that covers parts and service.
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Nothing short of a drum scanner beats it.......2003-11-14
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MICROTEK LAB 1108-03-240151 ARTIXSCAN 2500F 42 BIT 2500DPI
Manufacturer: MICROTEK LAB ProductGroup: CE ASIN: B000EION38 |
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Designed for the professional, the award-winning ArtixScan 2500f combines the flexibility of dual-media scanning with the speed of FireWire or SCSI. Its calibrated twin lens system can scan either a full-bed reflective or transparent artwork at up to 1,250 dpi, or up to 2,500 dpi*. Plus, its 10,000-element Kodak Tri-linear CCD array is versatile enough to scan at 4.4 Maximum Optical Density without multiple sampling for outstanding color fidelity and superior tonal reproduction.
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Ott-Lite VisionSaver Plus L139AB 13-Watt Task Lamp (Black)
Manufacturer: Ott-Lite Technology ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Accessories:
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ASIN: B00070PA8U |
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Longview 1000 USB 2 Port Trans Mitter Receiver KVM Serial Extender
Manufacturer: Avocent ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Product Features:
ASIN: B000B7C2N0 |
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The LV1000U extends a keyboard, monitor, mouse, speakers, microphone and serial port up to 1000 feet away from your computer or Avocent KVM switch. The system has a unique auto-tuning feature that automatically compensates for both video skew and signal degradation over standard UTP cable without compromising the user experience.
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Lexmark T632N FOR CVS ONLY ( 10G2483 )
Manufacturer: Lexmark ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics ASIN: B0009KUTFW |
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With the T632 series, you can unlock your workgroup's true potential thanks to up to 40 ppm performance and a speedy time to first page. An ultra-rapid processor and 64 MB of memory ensure you fast, reliable output for complex jobs in a shared printing environment. It also comes with native support for OCR fonts and barcodes. And an internal PDF function provides "drag and print" simplicity for printing graphic files without additional applications. The Lexmark T632 series is the perfect solution for your growing needs. It provides you with a wide range of options, including additional input trays, advanced finishing and duplex. And you can rapidly upgrade to a complete multifunction solution to copy, fax, scan and email from a single device. Now that's flexibility!With the T632 series, Lexmark offers you more ways than ever to drive down your total cost of printing. Its extra high-yield toner cartridges let you print longer with less intervention. You can also eliminate helpdesk calls with MarkVision printer management software.
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Lancast 1000BTX TO EX SM SC-SA CONVRT MOD ( 2152-1J-01 )
Manufacturer: Lancast Inc. ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics ASIN: B0000C5FLG |
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Metrobility offers the industry's most complete line of Gigabit products with signal retiming and regeneration to achieve data integrity. Metrobility's Gigabit solutions meet the demands of today's networks as they migrate from copper to fiber infrastructures and from low-cost SX to the longer distances supported by LX and EX. These solutions support copper to fiber, multimode to singlemode, and singlemode to singlemode to extend Gigabit Ethernet networks up to 70km.
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Matrix Oribital Temp Probe
Manufacturer: Coolerguys.com ProductGroup: CE Product Features:
ASIN: B0002EXHRM |
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Temperature Probe. This highly accurate 2.5ft temperature probe is a great addition to create a digital bay bus. The probe may be attached to your RAM, video card or anything else in your system for accurate and up to date system temperatures.
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Pro-Optic 420-800mm f/8.3-16 Vari Zoom with T-mount for Olympus
Manufacturer: Pro Optic ProductGroup: Photography Binding: Electronics ASIN: B0002GRJXI |
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This inexpensive super telephoto vari-zoom lens has an amazing zoom range from 420-800mm! The lens uses all glass optics which are multi-coated to reduce the chance of lens flare or ghost images caused by reflections. The simple traditional T-mount adapted lens is compact and lightweight. There is a zoom lock located at the middle of the lens barrel that allows the lens to be locked at any focal length. Aperture is fixed and the Pro-Optic Vari-zoom lens should be used with cameras set to a shutter priority mode.
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Rhinotek Laser Toner Cart Ibm Lexmark ( Ql-5045-Ylw )
Manufacturer: Rhinotek ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Accessories: ASIN: B0000AZK5C |
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Rhinotek carries a full range of computer consumables manufacturing and marketing OEM compatible toner and inkjet cartridges, ribbons, and copier and fax supplies. Rhinotek products are 100% guaranteed, and Rhinotek's quality control standards rank among the highest in the industry.This Rhinotek (QL-5045-YLW) Yellow Toner Lexmark Laser cartridge is compatible with OEM part number 1361213 for printers Apple Laserwriter 12/600 / Laserwriter 12/600PS / Laserwriter 12/660PS, Canon LBP-360 / LBP-360PS / LBP-HC Color LASER / LBP-HX / PS 320 Color, DEC Colorwriter LSR 2000 / Colorwriter LSR 2000+, Diconix Colorwriter LSR 2000, Gestetner C6703 Color, IBM Optra C, Lexmark 5045 Optra C Color / Optra C Color / Optra C Pro - page yield 4000 1pk.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.
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Rhinotek Laser Toner Cart Ibm Lexmark ( Ql-5045-Blk )
Manufacturer: Rhinotek ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Accessories: ASIN: B0000AZJYR |
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Rhinotek carries a full range of computer consumables manufacturing and marketing OEM compatible toner and inkjet cartridges, ribbons, and copier and fax supplies. Rhinotek products are 100% guaranteed, and Rhinotek's quality control standards rank among the highest in the industry.Rhinotek Toner Lexmark Laser cartridge compatible with OEM part number 1361212 for printers Lexmark 5045 / Optra C.Lexmark Optra C.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.
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Rhinotek Laser Toner Cart Ibm Lexmark ( Ql-5045-Cyn )
Manufacturer: Rhinotek ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Accessories: ASIN: B0000AZJYS |
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Rhinotek carries a full range of computer consumables manufacturing and marketing OEM compatible toner and inkjet cartridges, ribbons, and copier and fax supplies. Rhinotek products are 100% guaranteed, and Rhinotek's quality control standards rank among the highest in the industry.This Rhinotek (QL-5045-CYN) Cyan Toner Lexmark Laser cartridge is compatible with OEM part number 1361211 for printers Apple Laserwriter 12/600 / Laserwriter 12/600PS / Laserwriter 12/660PS, Canon LBP-360 / LBP-360PS / LBP-HC Color LASER / LBP-HX / PS 320 Color, DEC Colorwriter LSR 2000 / Colorwriter LSR 2000+, Diconix Colorwriter LSR 2000, Gestetner C6703 Color, IBM Optra C, Lexmark 5045 Optra C Color / Optra C Color / Optra C Pro - page yield 4000 1pk.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.
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Rhinotek Laser Toner Cart Ibm Lexmark ( Ql-5045-Mga )
Manufacturer: Rhinotek ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Accessories: ASIN: B0000AZJYT |
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Rhinotek carries a full range of computer consumables manufacturing and marketing OEM compatible toner and inkjet cartridges, ribbons, and copier and fax supplies. Rhinotek products are 100% guaranteed, and Rhinotek's quality control standards rank among the highest in the industry.This Rhinotek (QL-5045-MGA) Magenta Toner Lexmark Laser cartridge is compatible with OEM part number 1361212 for printers Apple Laserwriter 12/600 / Laserwriter 12/600PS / Laserwriter 12/660PS, Canon LBP-360 / LBP-360PS / LBP-HC Color LASER / LBP-HX / PS 320 Color, DEC Colorwriter LSR 2000 / Colorwriter LSR 2000+, Diconix Colorwriter LSR 2000, Gestetner C6703 Color, IBM Optra C, Lexmark 5045 Optra C Color / Optra C Color / Optra C Pro - page yield 4000 1pk.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.
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Rhinotek Compatible Cartridge for the IBM LEXMARK MICR TONER CART
Manufacturer: Rhinotek ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics ASIN: B00006HSA4 |
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Rhinotek Computer Product, manufacturer of the RHINOTEK brand computer products, is a leader in the computer consumables industry. Under the premium RHINOTEK brand, Rhinotek manufactures and markets OEM compatible toner and inkjet cartridges, ribbons, and copier and fax supplies.This Rhinotek (Q5300HMICR) Black MICR Toner IBM Laser cartridge is compatible with OEM part number 1382625 MICR for printers IBM 1250 / 1255 / 1620 / 1625 / 1650 / 1855 / 2420 / 2450 / 2455 / 3455 / 4059 / Optra S Series.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.Optra S 4059, Optra SE 3455, Unisys: UDS 9712, UDS 9716, UDS 9724.Electronics: