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Canon Announcement

Why no 4K?

Why not 4K, or Ultra-High Definition?
Some folks might find it curious that Canon’s first foray into the D-Cinema camera arena is limited to 1080p output only. Considering that the most prolific digital cinema camera manufacturer in the world (RED Digital Cinema, having sold appx. 8,000 RED One MX cameras, over 1,000 Epic M cameras, and numerous Epic X cameras shipping daily) has been supplying Ultra-High Definition cameras since 2008, it may seem a bit odd for Canon to choose 1080p at the beginning of 2012. A large number of major Hollywood A-List productions (almost too numerous to count, but among them The Social Network and next year’s The Hobbit to name only a couple) have been enjoying the benefits of 4K acquisition. Namely, those advantages are sharper compositing keys for green screening, more effective motion tracking, frame adjustment in post,and better-looking downconversions.

Despite — or perhaps because of — RED Digital Cinema’s dominance in 4K aquisition, Canon is claiming that “the industry isn’t quite ready yet” for more than 1080p. Perhaps it depends on which particular segment of the industry: although big-budget Hollywood continues to embrace 4K aquisition at a steadily growing rate, it is a fact that there’s still a large majority of television being shot in 1080 HD. From that point of view, the C300 is indeed ready for a wide variety of shooting scenarios, especially considering its edit-ready codec.

http://www.dvinfo.net/article/acqui...-cinema-eos-c300-and-eos-c300-pl-cameras.html
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hahaha.
 
I got this do not know if it's ol news...

canon c300

Single 8.3 megapixel 2160×3840 Super-35 CMOS sensor (4K resolution) with Digic DV III processor
Canon XF codec (50Mbps 4:2:2 1080p30 MPEG2 MXF) records to two Compact Flash card slots
Canon Log gamma, SDI, compact body, Custom Presets and menus similar to Canon XF series
Exposure and focus control are completely manual — there is no AE or AF on either camera
Sold as a system, incl. LCD monitor / XLR audio unit, side grip, top handle, batt. & charger
Availability: Jan. 2012; Price: appx. $16,000 USD (for C300)
 
MPEG2? Are they serious?
$16,000 USD?
 
Lol, so the movie industry is "not ready for 4K," and yet I am sitting at my house editing a RAW 4K film right now on a gaming PC
 
Tom Lowe said:
Lol, so the movie industry is "not ready for 4K," and yet I am sitting at my house editing a RAW 4K film right now on a gaming PC
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You hit the nail on the head Tom. I can sit here and edit 5K footage on my freaking MacBook air for crying out.
 
The Cam´s a joke in my eyes, but the glass looks interesting , curious about the pricing of the glass.
 
8bit 1080p mpeg 2 camera, wtf? Is it confirmed it's 8 bit? Doesn't that by default mean its dynamic range is capped to something like 10-11 max stops? no wonder the blacks lookd so crushed and highlights blown
 
Id recon its their first and aimed at the F3 market, I don't like that camera by the way) but it could be an imprvment on thet. im assuming its got S log 10but out or may be 3Gbit HDSDI out. The spec mentioned one HDSDI not 2.
 
Tom Lowe said:
Lol, so the movie industry is "not ready for 4K," and yet I am sitting at my house editing a RAW 4K film right now on a gaming PC
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+1

LOL
 
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