The new Canon EOS C300 has stepped into the arena of professional filmmaking by announcing their new EOS C300 model. Canon has been in the field of consumer video camera products for quite some time while also taking advantage of the independent filmmaking click. Like the shots taken inside a dilapidated building in the Fox clinical drama House, the Canon 5D Mark II was used to record the action because of its ease of use in tight spaces. The Canon EOS C300 is more full-bodied than a D-SLR with video back up. With a price tag of [$20,000] many critics say, “its well worth the dough.”
The EOS C300 will be available in January 2012 utilizing a basic EF mount that recognizes all Canon EOS lenses. A couple of them are zoom lenses, like the CN-E14.5-60mm and the CNE30-300mm. These lenses deal with broad and telephoto scopes alike. The lenses are created to survive the camera itself, since both are rated for utilization in 4K productions. The EOS C300’s 8.29-mega pixel sensor is equal to the Super 35 film, which is fundamentally identical to the APS-C image sensor. It documents MPEG-2 video with 4:2:2 color sampling and a peak bitrates of 50Mbps. Various frame speeds are provisioned for granting filmmakers the luxury of recording content for multiple delivery outlets. In addition, the C300 can be programmed to record in fast or slow motion.
The Canon EOS C300 is purchasable in either EF or PL mount designs. The EOS C300 has a Canon EF lens mount that works with any of the Canon’s EF lenses, in addition to compact primes, expert Tilt-Shift, fisheye zooms; altogether more than 60. Furthermore, there are message contacts assembled into its mount. This permits task such as focus and iris to be modified by means of the camera controls, or still wirelessly by way of the optional Canon Wireless File Transmitter component. The possibilities are enormous with this feature for specialty applications when cameras must be manipulated at a distance; for example, when shooting political or war documentaries.
Furthermore, the zoom lenses will eventually be available in PL mount adaptations. In addition, a PL mount is well matched with the Canon Cine PL lenses along with most three-party optics obtainable for 35mm action picture cameras. Both EF and PL mount designs are created with SMPTE HD production quality. Its MPEG-2 codec is a worldwide-identified criterion companionable with significant NLE applications. Moreover, additional features such as Canon Log guarantee flawless assimilation with current production progressions, making post-production uncomplicated.
The verity that Canon selected to inaugurate the new EOS C300 on the Paramount lot in the most famous movie town in the world, Hollywood; is no misstep. Some of the heavyweights were there like Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard as well. Although the C300 records to the identical video codec as Canon cameras before it, the term “video camera” would be stretching it a bit. The term “digital camera” would be more suitable with the S35 dimensioned 4K sensor created for filmmakers on a budget and intermittent TV producers. Canon saw the advantage of selling the likeness of the Arri Alexa for a lower price so that they could contend with Sony’s Cine-Alta F3 bigger sensor proposal.
Albeit the C300 is well suited to the current Canon SLR lenses, they are not always the best choice for usage in cinematography. The EOS C300 is a professional movie camera. There are no automatic features anywhere. It’s all manually controlled with hands on manual white equalization, manual exposure, and manual level control at the two XLR microphone inputs. It’s a respectable professional piece of equipment that must be used in controlled surroundings, which is a bonus. At the end of the day, Canon’s benefit will be its lenses, which lends no piety to the excellence of the new cinema primes.
Canon has successfully prepped itself to be in the big league of the filming industry, and the capacity to affix its complete library of EF lenses to its EOS Cinema cameras is a benefit to filmmakers. Canon has also made a move by announcing a new service for Hollywood by establishing support and research facilities within the region. The Canon EOS C300 won’t be the ‘talk of the town’ as of yet, but its clearly going in the right direction to become Hollywood’s newest rising star.
