xl2 sound recording.

Bobby13 · Jul 12, 2005

Hi - I'm new to this forum My name is Bobby and I'm from New York. A friend and I (a fellow film student) have decided to try shooting some lip sync footage using a CP 16mm camera with a crystal sync motor (Tobin I believe - it's a rental so I don't really know all the details). Anyway my friend has a Cannon XL2 and it records at 24p (smpte timecode), my question is: Could the XL2 be used as a sound recorder, for lip sync?. In theory it sounds like it would work but I've never done it before? The footage is only going to be used for practice, so quality doesn't matter. The film is going to be edited on Avid so it seems like there would be no need to resolve the sound track. Thanks in advance

Bobby

Shaw · Jul 12, 2005

Yes it certainly could be. Just make sure you have a mic with XLR connections. The XL2 has a pretty good sound system from all accounts. In this case you would record the audio to tape (from your mic) and then ditch the associated DV video in post (where you would combine the audio and the film).

eclectica3v · Jul 17, 2005

Is there any way to buy an XL2 for less than 3 thou! I mean I saw one for 1 thou, but that's still so muh money!

Shaw · Jul 18, 2005

Short answer: no. Anything under 3999 (or so) will certainly be a scam.

xl2 sound recording.

Bobby13

Shaw

eclectica3v

Shaw