Combining a compact form factor, professional video features, and an HD-SDI output, the PAL Canon XA35E is well-suited for run-and-gun ENG productions, event coverage, corporate videos, and other applications that require a compact, broadcast quality camera. Please note that this camera is designed for European broadcast systems and is not compatible with NTSC systems. It is equipped with a 20x Canon optical zoom lens with a versatile 35mm equivalent range of 26.8 to 576mm, and features a 1/2.84 HD CMOS Pro sensor with enhanced sensitivity, for improved low-light performance over the previous model. To fit into your workflow, the camcorder captures video up to 1920 x 1080 at 25p, 50p, and 50i, while also offering Slow and Fast Motion recording modes, with the option of interval recording for capturing fast motion at up to 1200x the original speed.In addition to the standard gamma recording mode, the XA35E offers Wide DR and Highlight Priority Gamma modes. Wide DR compresses high brightness areas to achieve a wider dynamic range of 600%. This not only helps suppress overexposure, but also produces smooth gradations in highlights and shadows, all while maintaining a finalized look that eliminates the need for post-production processing. The Highlight Priority Mode gives an HDR-like quality to your video by reducing the amount of highlight and mid-tone compression on the gamma curve, helping to maintain highlight exposure. The mode also enhances brightness and saturation for more faithful color reproduction. A View Assist Mode is available to support this mode, enabling you to more accurately monitor what the final images will look like.The XA35E features both a 3.5 OLED Touch Panel view screen with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, and a color electronic viewfinder with 1,560,000 dots of resolution. The camera features full manual control and auto modes for exposure, focus, white balance, gain, and shutter speed. The camera provides professional features such as a pre-record buffer, peaking, zebra bars, color bars, and reference tone. The zoom speed is adjustable with variable, constant (with 16 different speed levels), fast, normal, and slow settings. It features a detachable top handle with zoom toggle, record start/stop, IR emitter, tally light, accessory shoe, external mic holder, and two XLR connectors with phantom power and manual audio level controls. The XA35E includes a built-in headphone jack, a Mini HDMI connector, and a 3.5mm four-pole mini jack that outputs composite video and audio. For connecting with professional video equipment, the XA35E also features an HD/SD-SDI output for direct connection to news truck, an SDI switcher, or other professional video equipment. It also enables external recording of uncompressed video signals.Two built-in SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card slots allow you to record video to available media cards in both slots at the same time. This allows you to create an instant backup copy for archiving and data protection, or to capture high-resolution AVCHD or MP4 video files on one card while creating a lower data rate MP4—more suitable for the web—on the other card. When using two media cards with the camera on Relay mode, there is no need to stop shooting to swap out a full media card. When one card becomes full, the recording seamlessly switches to the other card. Built-in dual-band Wi-Fi allows you to FTP video files directly from the camera, or play footage back from the memory cards, to Wi-Fi enabled TVs and computers. You can also remotely control select camera functions from a smartphone or tablet over Wi-Fi, freeing you from remote cables. HD CMOS Pro Image Sensor

The XA35E features a new 1/2.84 HD CMOS Pro Image sensor that captures approximately 2136 x 1362 pixels. It features a +3 dB improvement in signal-to-noise ratio compared to the previous model, allowing it to capture clearer and sharper images in low light conditions.

20x Canon Optical Zoom Lens

The Canon 20x HD Zoom Lens provides a zoom range with a 35mm equivalent of 26.8 to 576mm, and a minimum object distance of just 23.6. The lens features an eight-blade iris design providing a more natural look—out of focus areas are smoother and more appealing. The lens features an endless-type manual focus/zoom ring, and the built-in power zoom control includes user-programmable direction and sensitivity modes. Zoom speed can be set to variable, constant (with 16 levels), with fast, normal, or slow speeds.

Full HD Video Recording

The XA35E offers multiple recording modes, resolutions, and frame rates, giving you the ability to adapt to a variety of workflows and applications. It can record in Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution up to 50p, in both AVCHD and MP4 recording codecs, at multiple bit rates, and even simultaneously to dual SD cards. For documentary and independent film work, 25p frame rates are available.

Slow and Fast Motion and Interval Recording

Slow and Fast Motion Modes allow the XA35E to record a different frame rate than the playback frame rate in MP4 recording modes, for a fast or slow motion effect during playback. Additionally, an interval recording option allows you to record frames at specified intervals, providing time-lapse recording from 2x to 1200x of the original speed.

HD/SD-SDI Output

An HD/SD-SDI output terminal allows the XA35E to connect directly to professional video equipment, such as an SDI switcher, external recorder, or a news truck for broadcast streaming. The HD/SD-SDI output provides an uncompressed signal at 1920 x 1080 resolution with 4:2:2 color sampling, embedded audio, and timecode.

Wi-Fi Connectivity

Dual-band Wi-Fi (5 GHz and 2.4 GHz) support is built into the camera, allowing FTP file transfers of MP4 video to cloud-based servers for convenient backups or situations where a relay station, such as a news truck, is unavailable. It is also possible to connect to compatible networks, wireless hotspots, and compatible iOS mobile devices using the free Canon Movie Uploader app, or play video back on the camcorders memory cards to Wi-Fi enabled TVs and computers. Wi-Fi also allows remote control of key camcorder controls, such as recording start/stop, zoom, aperture, shutter speed, gain, white balance, and focus via your mobile device.

Wide DR Gamma (600%)

Wide DR Gamma, an option found on Canons professional CINEMA EOS cameras, compresses high-brightness areas to achieve a wider dynamic range of 600%. By suppressing overexposure in high-brightness areas of the composition, this mode helps achieve a wide dynamic range of 600% to produce seamless tone gradations, resulting in smooth detail, accurate color, and suppression of overexposure and blown-out highlights.

Highlight Priority Mode

The Highlight Priority Mode is a gamma setting that gives an HDR-like quality to your video. By reducing the mid to high-brightness compression of the standard gamma mode, Highlight Priority helps prevent loss of detail in high brightness areas. Designed for display on a bright LCD TV, videos captured in Highlight Priority mode should be shown at a high-brightness setting to help ensure accurate portrayal of the effect.

Video Assist Function

To support the Highlight Priority Mode, the camcorder has a View Assist function that increases brightness and medium tone gamma in the cameras viewfinder or OLED panel. This allows images to be displayed with the brightness and gradation with which they are being recorded or reviewed, helping to ensure the subjects look natural and realistic.

3.5 OLED Touch Panel View Screen and 0.24 EVF

The 3.5, 1,230,000-dot equivalent OLED display provides vivid color and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. The screen has a viewing angle of over 80 degrees in all directions, which allows you to see a usable image even when viewing at extreme angles. The color EVF is 0.24 with 1,560,000 dots of resolution, and tilts up to 45° to accommodate different shooting positions. A joy