Canon Digital Camcorder Review

Canon Digital Camcorder Review
Inheriting many of the XL1´s features, Canon´s DM-XM2 (known as the DM-GL2 in the US) has many followers among the pro and semi-pro fraternity.
Ever since the launch of its ground-breaking DM-XL1 DV camcorder early in 1999, Canon´s prosumer DV camcorders haven´t changed that much in terms of design style or feature set. In fact, in could be argued that additions to the range have served only to provide minor upgrades rather than anything radical. Where Canon does score, however, is in the quality of engineering to be found in this range; the XL1 found favour with professional movie makers wishing to print up their DV footage to 35mm, and this tradition has been continued with the superb (though now discontinued) Canon XL1S, launched in 2001 and the XL2. At the time of updating this review (August 2005) the XM2 is still available from Canon, so here´s our original review.
First impressions