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danielrosehill · 03-28-2022

I'm wary of buying non-OEM stuff for charging electronics in general but especially when dealing with expensive gear like camcorders!I've been searching for an official Canon car charger for this model and its battery for charging on the go (preferab...

danielrosehill · 03-26-2022

I refer to Canon's guide on "setting the microphone XA40/XA45".The control switches on the panel that controls the two XLR inputs on the XA40 has three settings: line, mic, and mic +48V.From what I can tell, "mic" tells the input to accept a regular ...

danielrosehill · 03-21-2022

The XA40 (and I think all the other camcorders in the XA series) comes with an attachable mount for shotgun microphones. It attaches to the main body of the camcorder with two distinctive screws.I would like to have a spare of at least the screws on ...

danielrosehill · 03-21-2022

Lest that wasn't clear, specifically these two surfaces:XLR inputsAudio control panelI was surprised to see that Canon hadn't included any XLR dust protectors (or something similar) -- or something like a plastic sheath to protect the controls when s...

danielrosehill · 03-20-2022

Hi folks,After a few very enjoyable years using the Vixia HF R800 I finally upgraded to prosumer camcorder world and opted for the XA40.Most of my microphones are currently 3.5mm rather than XLR. So although I'll update those in time too for now I ne...

danielrosehill · 03-29-2022

Great. Will pick one of those up when I'm in the US this summer. Thanks for sharing your experience with the product.

danielrosehill · 03-27-2022

Thanks, Mark!

danielrosehill · 03-20-2022

So ... I've figured it out. The XA40 has the same automatic/manual levels toggle as the Vixia does (unsurprising of course!) and these can be indeed be configured on 3.5mm inputs. You just click into 'Fn' on the home screen, set the level from automa...

danielrosehill · 03-20-2022

Yes, my first thought was to do just that: set channel 1 to line in rather than mic / mic + 48V and the setting beneath it to 'M' ('manual' presumably) which I assumed shifted channel 1 to the 3.5mm intake and not an XLR jack. I'm still not confident...

danielrosehill · 01-17-2022

Yes. I use the L bracket and scorpion mount too.The benefit of having this rigged onto the camera (as I saw it) was more for run and gun setups. Or least more compact setups that could fit alongside the camera in something like a satchel bag.I have n...

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