Canon's new XL2 Mini-DV camcorder

For years Canon's XL1 was pretty much THE Mini-DV camcorder, and now they've just unveiled their followup, the long-awaited XL2, which has features like 24P (which records at the same 24 frames per second rate as a regular 35mm film cameras, giving more of a cinematic look to the video), the ability to shoot in 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio,
three 680K pixel CCD sensors (which means it's good), and interchangeable lenses (with a mount it'll work with all the old XL1S lenses, too).

Should be out next month with a retail price of just under five grand.

[Thanks, John]