Small but useful improvements - so says the camcorder Info Tester, brings updated with Canon H1, such as: zuätzlich to focus and zoom control ring one for the aperture, more manual settings and primarily a new model version (Canon XLH1A) although no time-code interface, Genlock and HD-SDI holds, but with a list price around the 6000 euro is much more affordable than the direct successor of the XL-H1 with the name XL-H1S (over 9000 Euro). The image quality of the new models is very good unimproved. www.camcorder-test.com/camcorder-e0285aa1367a9b2a1f93e83fa5b9be5a.html Here is the (direct comparison of the Canon XL H1, Canon and Canon XL H1A XL H1S) camcorder in our database