Marc Franklin of Streaming Media Producer Magazine reviews the Canon XF605 professional Camcorder. The XF605 was used on "normal" corporate and business shoots, as well as out in the wilderness of Arizona, Utah, and Nevada.
This is a great review and I bought the XF605 after reading your review in Streaming Media. I’m very happy with the image quality, versatility and ease of use of this camcorder. After filming several years with DSLR cameras, it’s a real relief to have everything in one device. It’s not the same cinematic bokeh, but it’s so much more fun to work with!
I'm glad you liked the review and find the camera as useful as I did! One day I hope to get one myself, (unless the XF805 comes out and is better!) Make sure to subscribe and check out my other reviews.
so it was YOUR review that I read when I was looking at the article on the 605. I'm looking at getting this camera, because I've finally;y started seeing the. advantages of having a high end ENG camera as part of my toolkit. It's gonna take. awhile to save up, but I think it will be worth it. Appreciate your legacy and love of the craft.
Thank you for this review. I've composed my shots through the viewfinder for 40 years, but heard some say the EVF on the 605 is hard to see. Have you any thoughts on this? Thank you Sir.
I used the LCD screen most of the time. The few times I used the viewfinder I didn't find it an issue. It worked fine for me. It has a lever below it to adjust for different people's eyes.
Did you ever compared the sdi outputs with another cameras? We have 3 canon xf605 but we are not happy with it. The image output is too flat and the colors are washed out compared to other cameras like Sony NX200, Panasonic hc x20. I looked all the settings and tried different cp's but no luck. Do you have any tips or tricks to improve image output of this camera?
I didn't do anything special. I shot rec709, and switched between manual and auto white balance outdoors Iris was manual. I will look up to see if I had anything else set differently.
I generally used manual focus, but when I did use AF, it worked fine for me. Image stabilization was good for me, except on tripod, the camcorder would keep moving after you stopped panning. Maybe your XF605 has issues. Ask Canon.
@@FVPMMF "the camcorder keeps moving after you stop panning" tell you. With or without a tripod, it's normal. I observe this too. It's the proof that I pushed the right buttons and that the stabilizer is trying to work. But it just can't do it. The slightest movement of my hand makes the image jump as if there were no stabilization.
