video camera lens hood

what is the video camera used on the cover of Transworld’s and now?

its got a circular lens hood and i think it shoots in eather wide angle or fish eye (im not sure, im just guessing). if you know please tell me.
thanks!
i looked up the canon gl2 and there isnt a white one like on the cover and also the lense on the canon gl2 looks to big

Hard to tell since they only thing other than the lens hood and lens that you can see is the mic and integrated handle… But the tally lamp location in-between the stereo mics and the color of the body on the right side of the picture are the giveaways… Canon GL2.

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