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Cannon Gl2

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LOVELL
Posts: 143 - Karma: 129
What do you think of this camera i am looking for one for under 1200 that has really good quality.
Sep 23 2008 12:28PM
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jKutcher
Posts: 3936 - Karma: 4,260
the GL2 is a legit camera.  I love mine.
Sep 23 2008 1:54PM
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T.Spliff
Posts: 1037 - Karma: 17
Don't listen to him, he uses a Handycam! ^
Sep 23 2008 1:55PM
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Nico_G
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1200 for a GL2 is pretty legit. Go for it.
Sep 23 2008 2:57PM
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TotallyTrevor
Posts: 4379 - Karma: 26,364
WATCH OUT FOR SCAMMERS, my friend almost bought a GL2 for around a 1000 dollars off a website, right before he bought it he looked up reviews and the website would have scammed him, he read reviews for a lot of the sites that come up on a google search and all of them would have scammed him

then i saw a news report on digital camera scamming websites online...be careful, i would try and find a camera at a local store or something versus the internet, cause getting scammed out of a grand would suck
Sep 23 2008 3:05PM
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LOVELL
Posts: 143 - Karma: 129
bump tell me about your experiences with this camera please
Sep 23 2008 6:40PM
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skeet_skeet
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from my experiences, you cant buy a gl2 for under 1200 without being screwed.
Sep 23 2008 6:44PM
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LOVELL
Posts: 143 - Karma: 129
 eBay i was planing on buying one used
Sep 23 2008 6:49PM
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LOVELL
Posts: 143 - Karma: 129
bump
Sep 24 2008 10:09AM
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RoyWilkins
Posts: 499 - Karma: 29
Im gonna have to back up allen here.  The gl2 was cool.......when it came out 6 years ago.  Sure its got some pretty likable features like manual controls, but it really isnt worth what they are selling it for anymore.  Panasonic GS-500 would be great, pretty good manual controls and its a 3CCD camera.  It sounds like you really havent done much filming anyway, so why dont you just forget about manual controls cause youll probably fuck the shot anyways.....

Sep 24 2008 10:44AM
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EH_DUBS
Posts: 3080 - Karma: 969
gl2 is a 3ccd too if thats what you were saying?

and i disagree my friend bought a gl2 the same time i bought my vx2100 and there great starter cams i think. you get an awesome picture once you know what your doing and all the manual controls are good i think cause there not too intense on the cameras its a good place to learn from
Sep 24 2008 11:08AM
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williams
Posts: 3083 - Karma: 9,072
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I loved my GL2. Its amazing how good you can make footage look with it.
Sep 24 2008 11:39AM
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milkdud951
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I'm gonna have to disagree, I found there to be a significant difference in quality between my GL2 and my friend's gs400. My footage seemed a lot more appealing and more film-like with 30p whereas his looked extremely digital and overly sharp/ugly in my opinion. I also found that the GL2 got better colors and reproduced the image better, especially in good light.
Sep 24 2008 11:53AM
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Heath.
Posts: 838 - Karma: 149
If you know what you're doing.
Sep 24 2008 11:59AM
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Ronix
Posts: 1396 - Karma: 33
GL2's can shoot in 30p?
Sep 24 2008 1:30PM
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Heath.
Posts: 838 - Karma: 149
GL2s do not shoot 30p, sorry to burst your bubble. They shoot the same 60i every other SD camera (other than a select few) shoot.
Sep 24 2008 1:50PM
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williams
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haha i know that cam IN AND OUT.
Sep 24 2008 2:20PM
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