Considering this was supposed to be anounced last year at NAB 2019, the twelve months wait for this has to be something more that 4K 120! The 'developed from scratch' sensor must have some tricks up its sleave or the intoduction price much lower than previous C300's?
If not, a highly discounted C300 MKII would make a nice buy and would make a lovely camera if they got as low a £6000.
Well, I would expect it to have these major improvements:
- 120fps in 4K (C300 II tops out at 30fps)
- Cinema Raw Lite up to 120fps in 4K (C300 II only has 10-bit)
- All of the same internal 10-bit codecs (and maybe even 12-bit that isn't raw?)
- The MUCH MUCH BETTER body and ergonomics of the C500 II (and all the new accessories).
- Much improved AF with touchscreen
- Digital stabilization that many report is pretty great in C500 II and 1DX III
- XLRs on the body and not the terrible clamshell design
Those seem like pretty massive updates to me. Put this around $10-12k and, outside of a full-frame sensor, this thing blows the FX9 out of the water. But Canon really needs to release an under 1kg 16-55mm f2.8 lens (with STABILIZATION) to go with it. Their Supers35/APS-C lenses are not great and their 17-55mm f2.8 can't even cover a DCI 4K image.
This thing could be sweet.