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USER REVIEW CANON C200
When Canon introduced the C200 last year it was largely unexpected, but now the realisation is that this could be a camera for everyone CANON EOS C200
WORDS ADAM GARSTONE
camera, as you would expect, is the EF lens mount and a couple of assignable buttons, defaulting to Push Auto Iris and One Shot AF. The 4K, S35 sensor has the same features as you find in the C300 Mark II, with Dual Pixel autofocus a claimed 15 stops of dynamic range and a native ISO of 800. The camera is capable of recording H.264 wrapped in MP4 files at 150Mb/s to SD cards, and a new version of Canon’s Raw (called RAW Light) to CFast cards.
It’s already cheaper than the FS7, at around £5800 plus VAT (and you can expect prices to come down as the market matures) and it has retained most of the best features of the C300 Mark II. The first thing you notice as you take the C200 from the box is that Canon certainly hasn’t skimped on engineering quality. The C200 feels every bit as solid as its bigger sister, with high quality, high density plastics, and robust castings, hinges and machining. At the front of the
he C300 has been very successful for Canon – especially the Mark II version – but it’s still a reasonably
BELOW Solid and robust, with a high-quality build, the C200 does not disappoint.
expensive camera, with a street price of around £8000 plus VAT. Despite its superior colour rendering, low rolling shutter and astonishing autofocus, many owner/operators prefer the cheaper (at just over £6000) Sony FS7 – not least because of the flexibility of the lens mount. Canon has now taken careful aim at the FS7 with its new C200.
CANON CERTAINLY HASN’T SKIMPED ON ENGINEERING QUALITY. THE C200 FEELS EVERY BIT AS SOLID AS ITS BIGGER SISTER
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