Canon XA11 User manual

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1. Insert battery pack.

2. Set the on switch into the CAMERA position

3. Insert 1 or 2 SD cards into the slots.

4. If you need to format your SD card(s), press

the FUNC. button on the camera or on the

touchscreen, then press the MENU button on

the touchscreen to access the Menu Options.

From there, select the second submenu tab (the

film and gear icon) and scroll down to select

Initialize SD option. WARNING: initializing

your SD card will erase its contents, so

make sure you don’t need anything on

there before formatting!

5. Set the camera mode switch to M (manual).

6. Set the lens barrier switch to open.

7. Press the red record button to begin filming.

Quick Start Guide

CANON XA11

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GETTING STARTED

STEP BY STEP

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1. Set Audio Scene to STD (standard).

2. Set Mic Level to A (auto), though there

are situations in which you may want to

switch to manual.

3. Set Image Stabilizer to OFF.

4. Set Image Effects to OFF.

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1. Set Rec. Programs to M (manual).

2. Set BLC Always On to OFF.

3. Set White Balance to AWB (auto white

balance).

4. Set Focus to MF (manual focus). Here

you can also enable/disable the Peak

function, which will put an outline around

objects that are in focus. Tap on the

wrench icon button to change the color

of the peak lines.

Quick Start Guide

CANON XA11

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FUNCTION (FUNC.) OPTIONS

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1. Set Movie Format to MP4 (AVCHD

also works if you are familiar with using

the Media Browser in Adobe Premiere to

import media).

2. Set Recording Mode to 24 Mbps.

3. Set Frame Rate to 29.97P (or 23.98P if

you prefer that look).

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1. Set AF Mode to AF.

2. Set Focus Assistance to OFF.

3. Set Face Detection & Tracking to OFF.

4. Set ND Filter to OFF.

Quick Start Guide

CANON XA11

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MENU OPTIONS

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Quick Start Guide

CANON XA11

AUDIO

Microphone

Control Panel

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Microphone

Mounts

Microphone

XLR Inputs

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1. This switch selects between the

camera’s built in internal

microphone (OFF) and external

microphone XLR inputs (ON).

2. Use an XLR connector to plug up to

2 external microphones into the

microphone inputs. Lav mics and

shotgun mics can both plug in here.

3. Selecting MIC is the most common

setting for most microphones

connected via XLR inputs (certain

microphones require an external

power supply - the MIC 48V setting

will make them work).

4. These switches select between

Automatic (A) and Manual (M)

input volume for their respective

microphone input.

5. If Manual (M) volume is selected,

these knobs will control the audio

input level.

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Headphone

Output Jack

Hidden A/V

Panel

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