Canon introduces PowerShot compact C300 and C300 EOS PL Cinema camcorder
[02:03 Fri,4.November 2011 by Rob]
just in Hollywood Canon&s already expected by many with great curiosity Cinema Camcorder EOS C300 unveiled. There she is, as expected, be available in two versions: one with an EF-mount and PL-mount. At first glance, the modular form factor is not too far away from a DSLR. They therefore called EOS quite rightly Scarlet and even a certain resemblance to the previous prototype REDs to be seen. The Canon EOS C300 comes with a Super-35 4K CMOS sensor that picks up in 1080 / 23.98 and 24p to CF cards, utilizing the familiar Canon XF 50 Mbit / s MPEG-2 4:2:2 codec. Frame rates of 1-60 frames / sec (at 720p) arbitrary. The chip is designed in 4K resolution - there are "currently only" from 2K. In the heart of an 8.3 MP camera potters (2160 × 3840) CMOS sensor Super-35 (4K) with a Digic DV III processor, which Canon line-skipping from previous VDSLRs adopted. In place of his is like a 3-chipper (two green, one red and one blue pixel) sampled every 4 pixels at the end www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/11/ 201111036122.jpg (2 MP resolution red, blue and MP 2 MP 4 green). Exposure and focusing are only fully manually. The Canon EOS C300 is sold as a complete system with LCD monitor, XLR audio unit, removable sides and Topgriff, batteries and charger. SDI as well as Canon gamma log are on board. Canon&s also interesting to notice with the EOS C300 special film optics is to be delivered. At first Product shots can detect mechanical (?) Aperture and focus rings, and all scales (dashes) are required for controlled distance and depth measurements. Already known cine lenses from Canon, which also started with the new EOS C300 models are used include: Canon Zoom CN E14.5-60mm T2.6 LS (EF) Canon zoom lens CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L SP (PL) Canon 300mm zoom CN-E30-T2.95-3.7 LS (EF) Canon zoom lens CN-E30-T2.95-300mm 3.7 L SP (PL) added in the near future: Canon fixed focal length CTZ-029 ( 24mm) Canon Fixed Focal Length CTZ-030 (50mm) Canon Fixed Focal Length CTZ-031 (85mm) A first video for the Canon event is also already online: ° VV = 31.57377 million, the Canon EOS C300 is from January 2012 for a price around the 16,000 - U.S. dollars will be available - rumored, the version with an EF mount more favorable. UPDATE Many images from the Canon offers Engadget in the Presentation live blog. Zacuto and has already accessories announced for the C300. Big guessing game in the forums and blogs has this screenshot of the event triggered presentation: it should possibly also the long awaited Canon 5D his Mark III, which is there to see? - The video DSLR carries at least the same cinema "C" logo of the new C300 ... (Thanks to Yves Roy for the observation).