Generating Color Bars On The Canon GL-1 Digital Video Camera
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Be advised that these full-field color bars are NOT SMPTE color bars. I don't recommend you use these color bars to calibrate monitors or provide reference colors. These color bars are not properly set up for that purpose. They are however, good for providing at test signal from the Canon GL-1 camcorder.

Here is how you do it:

Step 1: Turn the Canon GL1 on in the Easy Record mode (Green Box mode).
Step 2: Press and hold the Exposure wheel button and the D.E. on/off button at the same time for about five seconds.

You now have color bars.

You can turn the Program dial to any other shooting mode and when you turn back to the Easy Record Mode (Green Box mode) the color bars will still be there.

To remove the color bars, simply power off the Canon GL-1.

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