LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 7, 2010 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announces the Canon XF305 and XF300 Professional Camcorders. Both new models employ an MPEG-2 4:2:2 50Mbps codec – Canon XF Codec – for capturing and recording native 1920 x 1080 video onto affordable, universally available Compact Flash (CF) cards. Uniting video, audio and metadata into a single file, the Canon XF305 and XF300 use an MXF (Material eXchange Format) File Wrapper, a widely supported open source format, to maximize compatibility with existing industry infrastructure and non-linear editing (NLE)systems. Priced under $8,000 per model, the Canon XF305 and XF300 are engineered for multiple production applications including broadcast news, documentary and independent filmmaking and event videography. Canon will be demonstrating a variety of professional applications for the Canon XF305 and XF300 at the Company's booth# C4325 at the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The Canon XF305 and XF300 Professional Camcorders include a Genuine Canon 18x HD L-series lens providing documentary filmmakers and news camera operators with the focal-range versatility required in the field. Designed with input from professional users, each model includes three Canon developed and designed native 1920 x 1080 CMOS image sensors, and the new Canon XF Codec for extreme color detail required for accurate chroma-keying, color-grading and compositing for digital filmmaking. For finer transitions in tone and color, 4:2:2 color sampling offers twice the color resolution of HDV and other 4:2:0 formats. In addition, Canon's XF305 model features industry- standard HD-SDI output, genlock, and SMPTE time code (in/out) terminals for multi-camera or 3-D productions.
Yeah, this is oldish news, I was super busy today. :)
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I see. Sounds plausible.
I was expecting an 35mm sensor and the ability to use EF lenses, maybe they will release a better one this fall/spring.
This is pretty yawn-worthy.
The extra sad thing is that a lot of the rumours regarding upgrades to video for Canon SLR cameras have been referring to these cameras. Canon have been letting snippets of information about this to the dealers for the last year or so.
Yeah, they have been using CMOS in cheap video cameras for years because they are cheap and easy to make, end of story.
Stills guys get excited by CMOS because they don’t know any better.
Have you not been keeping up with current events? It’s called the 5Dmk2!!!!!
The 5D MK II is not a pure video camera – in fact, its – on the Canon side – possibly the best landscape and studio camera you can buy, excluding the 1D and 1Ds.
The question is, are there many more features that the 5D MK II can gain in stills performance – I don’t think there is a lot of leeway, maybe some, but not a lot.
And people who complain – ISO 3200 is usable, and unless you need a large image, so is ISO 6400.
Video is possibly easy to implement, and as a lot of people wanted enhancements, they were offered.