On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:57:10 GMT, living1@removethis.pineynet.com (TheLivng1) wrote:

>On a Canon Xl1 what are the advantages and disadvantages of using the
>frame mode? I hear it provides more accurate editing, but since I
>can't afford a Firewire card for my system, I haven't had any
>experience with this.

-- Advantages: if you are grabbing still frames from the
video, you will not have the interlacing artifacts; if you
are into duplicating the problems film has with motion
("film-look" - but the real advantages of film cannot be
duplicated with this camera...), you can do this with a
video camera...;-)
-- Disadvantage: you will lose the ability of video to
record motion sharply (when viewed on a TV - though
computer-monitor motion-images will look better).
There will be no difference in editing accuracy.