Cinema DSLR Price?

How much will the new Canon Cinema DSLR cost?

  • $1,000-$2,000

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  • $2,000-$3,000

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  • $3,000-$4,000

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  • $4,000-$5,000

    Votes: 2 22.2%
  • $5,000-$6,000

    Votes: 2 22.2%
  • $6,000-$7,000

    Votes: 2 22.2%
  • $7,000-$8,000

    Votes: 1 11.1%
  • $8,000-$9,000

    Votes: 1 11.1%
  • $9,000-$10,000

    Votes: 1 11.1%
  • over $10,000

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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$6,000 - $7,000 to compete with the FS100 (although that camera is quickly dropping in price). I think the C300 will battle the F3 and the Cinema DSLR will battle the FS100. That's my opinion based on nothing really lol.

I think if Canon price it around the $6,500 mark, people will be happy. Or at least create two versions: 4K version for $8,000 and a True 1080p version for $6,000+.

If the 4K version is priced at $6,000 - $7,000 I'll create 1080p images with it in lieu of 4k. It'll look even more amazing like the C300's 1080p quality.

NAB is around the corner. I think they made the 5D3 more for stills and only slightly improved the video function for a reason. Canon wants to split their market. Video and Stills. Which is smart because they can save money by taking away some photo functions etc.

I see websites reviewing the 5D3 as if it was meant to be for video and I think they're making a mistake. It's clearly photo first. Canon just need to price things right. The Hollywood setting for the C300 made me think the camera would be expensive and I was right. However, NAB can go either way.
 
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I think the whole reason they are putting this in a DSLR body is an effort to make it reasonably priced. They don't have to worry about developing a body for it, they can just use an existing skeleton. I say somewhere in the $5k-$7k range, you figure it's just a basic DSLR body with a super awesome sensor, subtract the autofocus, high fps, and all the other photo features and it seems perfectly reasonable that it would be somewhere in that range. Also they could just put an EVF on it and take out the mirrors and whatnot. I don't think it will have built-in ND filters, XLR inputs, or an external monitor like the C300 or anything, so I'm sure they can keep the cost fairly reasonable.

So 1DX body, HD-SDI outs, dual Digic 5+, and 4k sensor that does 24fps/30fps/60fps would be awesome. Also I'm sure it'll have some crazy frame rates at 2K, possibly 120fps (which would be sick for slowmo).

There are some people that are going to say $10k+ solely based on the fact that it's "4K," because that number means everything ::) It's not going to be better than the C300, the C300 will remain the flagship for now.
 
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Axilrod said:
I think the whole reason they are putting this in a DSLR body is an effort to make it reasonably priced. They don't have to worry about developing a body for it, they can just use an existing skeleton. I say somewhere in the $5k-$7k range, you figure it's just a basic DSLR body with a super awesome sensor, subtract the autofocus, high fps, and all the other photo features and it seems perfectly reasonable that it would be somewhere in that range. Also they could just put an EVF on it and take out the mirrors and whatnot. I don't think it will have built-in ND filters, XLR inputs, or an external monitor like the C300 or anything, so I'm sure they can keep the cost fairly reasonable.

So 1DX body, HD-SDI outs, dual Digic 5+, and 4k sensor that does 24fps/30fps/60fps would be awesome. Also I'm sure it'll have some crazy frame rates at 2K, possibly 120fps (which would be sick for slowmo).

There are some people that are going to say $10k+ solely based on the fact that it's "4K," because that number means everything ::) It's not going to be better than the C300, the C300 will remain the flagship for now.

I agree. I think the 4K camera will lack the XLR ports, ND filters, monitor, etc. The C300 will also be better in terms of DR and low light. 4K doesn't automatically mean better, I don't know why people think that.
 
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I think it's clear that Canon is putting out their 4k camera in an SLR body so that they can get away with 4k footage that is only truly resolving 1080p levels of detail. It will ship bundled with Cineform to convert the 4 2 0 footage to 4 2 2 and a QuickStart guide on how to add sharpening in post. Also we'll get 120fps at VGA quality! The new All-F codec will give you footage that is literally all fizz. super simple to use too with only 2 buttons: Record and the new Direct Project button that instant sends the footage to your Canon projector.

For the record, I love Canon and my 5d3, 1080p or not. Though I'd take a firmware update that added a tiny "Not shot on the C300" watermark to the corner if they did up the resolving detail.
 
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