Canon C300 Review

New Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera hands-On Review

Camera Specs

Image Sensor
24.6x 13.8mm effective size (6.4x6.4pm pixel pitch)

Effective Pixels
Approx 8.29 Mp (3840 x 2160)

Total Pixels
Approx 9.84 Mp (4206 x 2340)

Scanning System
Progressive

Filter
RGB primary color filter (Bayer array)

DSP
DIGIC DV III

Lens Mount
EF or PL, depending on model

LCD Screen
4" diagonal, 1.23megapixel color 16:9 rotatable LCD 100% field of view

Signal System
NTSC/PAL

Compression
8-bit MPEG-2 long GOP (Canon XF codec)

Color Space
4:2:2 at 50 Mb/s recording

File Format
MXF (OP-1a)

Recording Formats - 50MBPS
(CBR) 4:2:2 422P@HL - 1920 x 1080 59.94i / 29.97p/
23.98p 50i / 25p True 24 (24.00) - 1280 x 720 59.94p/
29.97p / 23.98p 50p / 25p True 24 (24.00)

Recording Formats - 35 MBPS

1920 x 1080 Recording Rate: 1-30 fps (Playback Rate: 29.97p 23.98p/24.00p)
Recording Rate : 1-25 fps (Playback Rate: 50i/25p); 1280 x 720


Recording Formats - 50MBPS
1440 x 1080 - Recording Rate : 1-30 fps (Playback Rate: 29.97p/23.98p)

Interval Recording
Interval can be set in 25 levels ranging form 1 second to 10 minutes

Still Capture
1920 x 1080 images captured to SD card

Video Outputs
HD/SD-SDI 1X bnc (output only) - Composite: 1x BNC- HDMI: 1x Type A

Headphone Connector
3.5mm stereo mini-jack

Genlock
BNC (input only)

Timecode
BNC (input/output)

Sync
BNC connector (output)

Remote
LANC-compatible terminal

Wi-Fi
WFT terminal for compatible Wi-Fi accessory

Power Supply
7.4V DC (battery pack), 8.4V DC (DC input)


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