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Canon EOS C400 Announced

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Canon EOS C400 Announced - Newsshooter

Canon has unveiled the EOS C400, a new 6K full frame RF mount cinema camera with three base ISOs. The C400 looks to be a smaller C500 that can record internally in 6K at up to 60p in Cinema RAW Lite as well as 4K up to 120p in XF-AVC 4:2:2 10-Bit, XF-AVC S 4:2:2 … Continued
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I think this is a pretty decent camera.
Between the C70 and this C400 I think
Canon has been packaging some solid cameras in the below $10k range.

They definitely got audio right with the 4 input audio.

Brian Timmons
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Brian,

I always liked the look of Canon's cinema cameras footage straight out of the camera better than most of the images that come out of the Red cameras, especially under certain lighting such as sodium vapor and fluorescent.
 
rand thompson said:
Brian,

I always liked the look of Canon's cinema cameras footage straight out of the camera better than most of the images that come out of the Red cameras, especially under certain lighting such as sodium vapor and fluorescent.
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True Rand.

Canon’s color does tend to look more accurate though I find RED’s DSMC 3 colors more aesthetically pleasing.

Yes REDs can have difficulty in some types of lighting similar to other cameras.
I remember you pointed that out once through an image comparison in a post.

Granted it’s all RAW so there is room for a bit of adjustments but a nice starting point helps.

Brian Timmons
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The way I see it, there are four kinds of cameras when it comes to capturing moving images -

Motion picture film cameras.
Digital cinema cameras
Video cameras
Digital stills cameras with video capabilities.

If you look at any particular camera you can see which of these four categories it fits into, as well as the history or heritage it has when the lines between the categories get blurred.

Looking at it in terms of all of them (even motion picture cameras using film) trying to get to the same point or having the same stated aim, of being able to record images that can be viewed later as an accurate representaton of what was seen at the time of recording, I think it's possible to identify how close each of them has come to achieving that. And it's also possible, when they fall short of or veer away from that stated aim, to identify how their technological heritage or where they've come from plays a part in that.

I'd say there's a distinct connection and similarity between motion picture cameras and digital cinema cameras (namely, RED and ARRI), and I'd also say there's a more distinct connection and similarity between video cameras and digital stills cameras with video capabilities (namely, Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Nikon, and others) than between video cameras and cinema cameras (digital or film).

While acknowledging that there are other priorities and goals to consider when it comes to what camera a person would choose to record whatever it is they want to record, (eg. ease of use, affordability, disposablility, access to or willingness to engage in post-processing of the images, other workflow requirements etc.), if all cameras are compared while being held to the same standard mentioned above, one category (digital cinema cameras) gets closer to that stated aim than all the others.

Interestingly, imo, it's the digital stills camera's with video capabilities that have the most potential for improvement and the most chance of reaching and surpassing what the best digital cinema cameras have already achieved. For me, video will always be video, and cinema will always be high quality individual stills frames screened in quick succession, even if they reach a point where their visual end results can end up looking the same sometimes.

So, yeah, that's just me stating why I prefer one kind of camera over another, as a way of saying what I think about that latest Canon camera without having to go into tedious review-like detail.

I still think the RED approach to colour is the most naturally accurate and easiest to adjust or manipulate into a stylized look.

Would still like to download and explore some of the Canon EOS C400 RAW footage though, if anyone finds some.
 
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DCS @ Cine Gear Expo 2024 - Introducing the Canon EOS C400​

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Canon C400 6K Full-Frame Cinema | Will it replace the C70?


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Canon C400 - Extended Latitude, Rolling Shutter & ND Test Footage​



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Canon EOS C400 Test: 12 Bit 6K RAW 50p, Skintones, Dual Pixel AF, Stabilization ...​



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Canon EOS C400: Lowlight monster thanks to Triple Base ISO and the most versatile Cinema EOS?​

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Test: Praxistest Cine-Cam Canon EOS C400: Lowlight-Monster Dank Triple Base ISO und vielseitigste Cinema EOS?

Mit der Canon EOS C400 hält erstmalig die Kombination Vollformat-Sensor und RF-Mount in das Cinema EOS Portfolio Einzug. Hinzu kommen 6K internes RAW-Recording, komplett neues Triple Base ISO - (die wir mit der Sony FX6 vergleichen), ein upgedateter Dual Pixel AF, eine beachtliche...
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Canon RF Cinema Cameras Continues with the Canon EOS C400 (First Look)​



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Bedford Camera & Video


 
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