Hi,(posted 8985 days ago)I just finished DP'ing principal photography on my DV feature "Click" which I shot with the XL-1. I shot some scenes with either a few candles or a single Zippo lighter with amazingly good results by opening up the shutter and f-stop to the max. I didn't find it necessary to bump the gain.
BTW check out my website for info about "Click" and using the XL-1, Premiere 5.1, and the Canopus DV-REX M-1 firewire card to make DV features at http://www.ccgnv.net/admitone
Regards,
Steven Kahler Admit One