Canon recently released the XL-H1, one of it’s first HDV camcorders, in Australia. It’s not cheap ($13, 999), but it is really worth it. It features a HD SDI port, timecode in and out, a GenLock generator, and many other features. The SDI port lets you bypass the HDV encoding, so you can capture uncompressed HD video in the 4:2:2 colour space. This would be a lot better than other HDV camcorders which only let you record MPEG 2 compressed video with in 4:2:0.
It really is a great camera, and even though it is very expensive, it’s professional features justify the price completely. I would definitely buy one if I had the money.
-Stephen
