Canon XA11 User Manual

Sensor

1/2.84 inch type HD CMOS Pro

Filter

RGB Primary Colour filter (Bayer array)

Total pixels

3.09 megapixels (2208 x 1398)

Effective pixels per sensor

2.91 megapixels (2136 x 1362)

Minimum illumination

Low Light Mode Approx. 0.1 Lx. Auto Mode (Auto Slow Shutter selected Approx. 1.0Lx

Horizontal Resolution (External via SDI, XA15)

900 TV lines

Zoom ratio

20 x Optical

Focal length

3.67 - 73.4mm (35mm equivalent: 28.8 - 576mm)*

Minimum focus distance

60cm (throughout zoom range); 10mm ( Wide MACRO setting)

ND filter

Built-in gradation ND filter

Zoom control

Zoom rockers on body and handle; Selectable manual zoom/focus ring on lens; Selectable High Speed and Soft Zoom modes available.

Zoom speed

Zoom Rocker: Variable speed/Fixed speed (Fast/Normal/Slow, 16 speed level settings available in each mode); Grip zoom: Fixed speed (Fast/Normal/Slow, 16 speed level settings available in each mode) Zoom Ring: As operation speed

Focus control

Manual control via focus ring, automatic (Instant AF, Medium AF, TV AF, Face Detection AF, Face Only AF), Push AF

Iris control

Ring control; Full Auto

Aperture range

f1.8 - f16

Filter diameter

58mm

Lens elements/groups

12/10

Aperture blades

8 Blade Circular Aperture

Image stabilization system

Dynamic IS and Powered IS, 5 Axis image stabilisation

Digital zoom/Teleconverter

2 x Tele Converter, x400 Digital Zoom

Type

DIGIC DV 4

Sampling accuracy

4:2:0 AVCHD/MP4

Bit depth

8 bit

Exposure metering

Centre-weighted average metering: In the P, Av, Tv, Cinema, Portrait, Sports, Low Light and IR modes Segment evaluative metering: Snow, Beach, Sunset, Spotlight, Night modes No metering: Fireworks; Fixed exposure [1/60 sec. (PAL: 1/50 sec.)], M (manual exposure);

Exposure Control Options

AUTO mode: Smart Auto, Manual mode: P, Tv, Av, M (manual exposure), SCN (Portrait, Sports, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Night, Low Light, Spotlight, Fireworks) Cinema mode: P, Tv, Av, M

Exposure compensation

± 12 steps, Displayed as EV value; 0 EV - ±3.0 EV

Auto Exposure mode

Full Auto

Push Auto Iris

Gain Control setting

Full Auto/AGC Limit/Manual

Auto Gain Control limit

In manual exposure (P, Av, and Tv modes): 0-24 dB (in 1 dB increments), In the Cinema mode: 0-18 dB (in 1 dB increments), In the Wide DR mode: 6-24 dB (in 1 dB increments)

Gain setting

During M (manual) shooting: The gain can be set in 1 dB steps from 0 dB to 24 dB. In the cinema mode: The gain can be set in 1 dB steps from 0 dB to 18 dB.

When Image Effects is set to “Look” and Wide DR is set, the lowest sensitivity

is 6 dB

Control Modes

Full Auto / Manual control (Auto; Speed; Angle; Clear Scan (CS); Slow Shutter (SLS); IR Slow Shutter)

Shutter speed

1/6 to 1/2000 depending on frame rate and operating mode

Clear Scan

Infrared shooting mode

YES (green or white)

Built-in IR lamp

YES, in handle unit

Stored Configurations

Cinema standard, Vivid, Dream, Cool, Sepia, Old Movies, Memory Wide DR, Highlight Priority

Storage Medium SD/SDHC memory card Colour Bars

YES (SMPTE or EBU), with 1KHz Tone (Tone via Audio Menu)

Canon XA15 and XA11

Image Sensor

Lens

Image Processor

Exposure Control

Shutter

Infra-Red

Recording

Video storage media

SD Card x 2 Dual Format recording, Double slot (simultaneous) recording and Relay (continuous) recording possible.

Type

SD card Class 4 or higher, Class 6 & 10 recommended for 35Mbps MP4 recording

Recording time

128GB SD Card:MP4: up to 8 Hours (50P @35Mbps) AVCHD up to 10 hours 10 Minutes )5p @28Mbps

Recording file format MPEG-4/AVC/H.264 Recording format

AVCHD: 28/24/17/5Mbps MP4: 35/24/17/9/3 Mbps; All modes variable bit rate, 4:2:0 colour sampling

Recording frame rate (PAL)

AVCHD: 28Mbps 50.00P,1920 x 1080, 24/17Mbps 1920 x 1080 50.00i/PF25 5Mbps 1440 x 1080 50i/PF25 MP4: 35Mbps 1920 x 1080: 50P 24/17Mbps 1920 x 1080:25P 8/4 Mbps 1280 x 720: 25P 3Mbps 640 x 360: 25P

Slow/Fast motion

YES (MP4 recording Only)

50.00P (35 Mbps) x2 17.5 Mbps

25.00P (24 Mbps or 17 Mbps) x0.5, x2, x4, x10, x20, x60, x120, x1200

Interval Record

Frame Record

YES. 2, 6 or 12 frames

Pre Record (cache record)

YES (3 seconds)

Scan Reverse

YES. Vertical/horizontal/both

Recording

16-bit 4ch or 2ch (48 kHz) linear PCM

Control

Audio limiter, Auto/manual settings via control dials on handle

Microphone attenuation

YES

Microphone level meter

YES

Photo storage media

SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card

Still quality

During video recording: 1920 x 1080 in 1920 x 1080 or 1440 x 1080 mode, 1280 x 720; 1280 x 720 mode During playback: 1920x1080

Auto

New white sampling system FAWB. Settings include auto, set 1, set 2, colour temperature setting and pre-set.

Pre-set

Six presets: [Daylight: approx. 5,400K], [Shade: approx. 8,000 - 8,500K], [Cloudy: approx. 6,500K], [Tungsten (incandescent or halogen bulb): approx. 3,100K], [Fluorescent H (3-wavelength fluorescent): approx. 7,000K], [Fluorescent (white fluorescent): 5,000K]

Colour Temperature Setting

The colour temperature (Kelvin) setting ranges from 2,000K to 15,000K (in 100K steps). WB cannot be selected in the SCN or AUTO mode. Auto adjustment range: 2,800K - 8,000K

Count up system

Regen, RecRun, Free Run, External, Hold

Start value setting

“00:00:00:00”, Set/Reset selectable

Type

Capacitive Touch Panel

Size

3.0-inch (7.5 cm)

Dots

Approx. 460,000 dots

Image quality adjustments

Brightness

Adjustable

Yes

Waveform Monitor

Focus Assist

Peaking; Magnifying; Edge Monitor (using waveform display)

Peaking

Yes. Colour selectable

Zebra

Yes. 70% or 100%

Markers

On/Off ; Level (White/Grey), and Grid (White/Grey)

Size 0.24-inch (0.61 cm), Dots approx. 1.56 million dots, Adjustable Vertical tilt, up to 45° Field of View Coverage 100% Correction lens + 2.0 to -5 dioptre

Audio in

x2 XLR Input on Handle Unit. Line, Mic or 48V Phantom Power), 3.5mm microphone input jack

Headphone output

3.5mm stereo jack

HDMI

YES

USB

YES (Mini-B, USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, output only)

HD/SD-SDI output

YES, BNC, output only, Video, embedded audio and time code. (XA15 Only)

LAN

AV terminal

3.5mm mini jack (output only for video and audio)

DC input

YES

Remote Control Terminal

Electronic View Finder (EVF)

Input/output Terminals

Panel

Audio

White Balance

Timecode

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