The XL2, replacing the venerable XL1 and XL1s, widens its lead as the elite camcorder of the Mini-DVs.

Interchangeable lenses with great choices, full manual control with easy-to-get-to controls, excellent picture quality- clean, crisp, sharp and very low noise. Ships with an amazingly sharp 20x L-series flourite lens with super-steady optical image stabilization.

But the most important thing to me is the aesthetic look of the picture. With the XL2, you’re going to get a BIGTIME look that spells E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E! Warm, friendly color with filmlike 24p and 30p Frame Rates make this camcorder look better out of the box than any other …