Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera Unveiled

Canon has this week unveiled its new Canon EOS C300 digital cinema cameras at the Paramount lot in Hollywood. Both the new Canon EOS C300 is equipped with a Super 35mm CMOS and is capable of bringing 4k resolution 3840 x 2160 pixels.

The Canon C300 is available with either the cinema standard PL lens mount form or a Canon EF lens mount form and has two CF card slot, timecode, and HD-SDI output and records records 1080P at 24 – 30fps save the footage in MXF (Material eXchange Format) format.

Even though the new C300 models are equipped with a 4k sensor there is now way to be able to output 4k footage and the camera uses it to down-sampling the footage to enhance colour and low-light performance.

Canon have also unveiled  7 x 4K EF lenses, 4 of them zoom lenses and three of them fixed-focal-length models. The new Canon EOS C300 will be arriving early in 2012 for around $20,000.

Source: Digital Photo

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