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Canon firesback!
The brand that brought the DSLR to HD filmmaking unveils its flagship Super 35 cinema camera for indie filmmakers Canon’s fightback against rival Sony continues with what looks like the ultimate Super 35 cinema camera for indie filmmakers: the EOS C300 Mark III, Canon’s first camera with a brand-new dual gain sensor. Armed with a DGO (Dual Gain Output) HDR sensor that exceeds 16 stops of dynamic range, the new C300 has a newmodular design and can record up to 120fps in 4K Cinema Raw Light or XF-AVC. For DGO, each pixel on the sensor is read out with two different amplification levels – one high and one low – which is then combined tomake a single image. The higher amplification read-out captures clean details in darker areas, while the lower amplification read-out captures details in brighter areas. When combined, the image has a very high dynamic range. Maximum dynamic range is when shooting at ISO 800 in Canon Log 2. In Canon Log 3, it drops to 14 stops. However, DGO doesn’t work when shooting at frame rates faster than 60p in Super 35 4K. The new camera records internally to a pair of CFexpress cards, allowing 4K Cinema Raw Light for post-production flexibility and quality. For faster workflow, there is XF-AVC at 4K DCI and UHD at 4:2:2 10-bit, as well as 2K and Full HD. XF-AVC codecs options are ALL-I or Long GOP to give high compression for faster workflow andlongerrecordingtimes.Whenrecording 2K or Full HD in Super 35, the full 4K sensor is used, then the recording is downsampled for higher quality. The new C300 Mark III inherits the modular design from the recently released EOS C500 Mark II, and both cameras share the same body. The new C300 can be configured using two optional Expansion
Units (EU-V1 and EU-V2), which add extra connection terminals. The lens mount can be changed between EF, PL and EF Cinema Lock mounts using normal hand tools rather than having to send the camera back to Canon. It also uses the newer Digic V7 processor, as found in the C500 Mark II full-frame cinema camera. Like the rest of the Cinema EOS range, the new camera has Dual Pixel CMOS AF and, like the C500 Mark II, has built- in electronic image stabilisation, an electronically controlled ND filter system and built-in anamorphic desqueeze. The camera is on sale this summer for £10,500/$10,999. Canon has also launched free firmware updates for its Cinema EOS cameras.ImprovementsincludeaddingXF- AVC Long GOP and XF-AVC Proxy formats to the EOS C500 Mark II and simultaneous HDMI and SDI output with the EOS C200.
• New Super 35 4K CMOS DGO (Dual Gain Output) sensor • 16+ stops of dynamic range • 4K Cinema Raw Light 10-bit or 12-bit • 2K Raw recording in Super 16 Crop, 10-bit or 12-bit • XF-AVC (MXF) recording, 4:2:2 10-bit ALL-I or LongGOP • Up to 120P 4K RAWor XF-AVC recording, up to 180p in Super 16 crop 2K/FHD. • User changeable lens mount (EF, PL or EF Cinema Lock) • Flexible, modular design with optional expansion modules and EVF EOS C300 MARK III KEY FEATURES
“The new camera records internally to a pair of CFexpress cards, allowing 4K Cinema Raw Light”
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