I've been working with a Canon Xl1 trying to digitize its generated color bars into an Avid, going in component video and calibrating through the avid's vectrascope... bottom line is that the canon's color bars SUCK in terms of any kind of a useful reference. Trying to get the color spikes to come even close to where they're supposed to be is impossible- perhaps on a real analog waveform monitor this may be easier to do, but I doubt they would provide any useful reference for good looking video. In other words, any color bars you may record for reference is a waste of time since you'll be better off just using your own judgement of your footage. Compare the bars to a real SMPTE color bar pattern and you'll see the huge difference.(posted 9038 days ago)Hope that helps