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CineD, the people that I trust the most for testing things like rolling shutter and dynamic range in cameras, have released their results for the Canon Cinema EOS C50. It appears to be a mixed bag as far as the results go.
C50 First Impressions
Rolling Shutter
CineD uses a 300Hz strobe light to look at the patterns of black and white to give them an accurate measurement of rolling shutter in various resolutions and recording formats
In 7K 3:2 open gate using CRAW at 25fps, the rolling shutter was 18.1 seconds, which is good, but not exactly top end performance. Using different resolutions shows a much quicker rolling shutter result.
For 4K120, you get a nice 7.1ms, which is definitely useable. In all the other 17:9 modes, whether it's CRAW or compressed, full frame or S35, they had a result of 14.3ms.
Dyanamic Range
The other measurement a lot of filmmakers care about is dynamic range. Photographers do too, but I think it's more relevant to video.
In 12-bit CRAW, the C50 dynamic range measurement isn't a class leader and sits in the middle of lot. At the native ISO 800, the C50 looks to have 9.98 stops at SNR 2, and 11.2 stops when SNR 1. The image is also quite noisy, but CineD notes that this is normal for CRAW recording from q Canon cinema camera. They use little to no noise reduction in the camera.
The second base ISO of 6400 CRAW of 8.7stops at SNR 2, and 10.1 stops at SNR 1.
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In Closing
You should head over to CineD for the testing methodology, full results, and insight into what the results show. The C50 isn't a class leading camera and shows performance below the EOS R5 Mark II, C80 and C400.
THe C50 is still a good value camera, just don't expect performance miracles.
Canon Cinema EOS Key Features
7K Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
7K 3:2 Open Gate, UHD 4K120, 2K180
Dual-Base ISO: 800 and 6400
Full-Size HDMI Output, DIN Timecode Port
Dual-Pixel CMOS AF II
Top Handle with XLR Audio Inputs
CFexpress Type-B and SD Card Slots
