Here are Some XF400/XF405 Specifications [CR3]

[LDS]

DCI 4K is not an output format. It's meant to be cropped to UHD (16:9), or anamorphic, or 1.85, etc. No need for any of that here, these are consumer camcorders. 16:9 is what consumers have at home on their televisions (and other screens).

AFAIK DCI 4K is the 4K movie standard (see http://dcimovies.com/specification/DCI_DCSS_v12_with_errata_2012-1010.pdf, 4.3) which is "true" 4096x2160. Anamorphic is a different kind of recording/playing which needs special lenses.

Not all these are consumer camcorders, but little need of the higher specs when they are targeted to TV production which may not undergo long post-production cycles (i.e. news), with highly skilled technicians.

 

[LDS]

Canon considers the XF, and even the XA series, professional camcorders.

All of them give access to CPS, for example. The Legria/Vixia line does not.

 

[rrcphoto]

I found this interesting:

The XF405 Professional Camcorder features a Canon 1.0-inch 4K UHD CMOS image sensor capable of 4K UHD video capture at 60p and slow motion recording up to 120fps in Full HD, making the XF405 camcorder a strong contender for professional productions, creative fields and more.


I wonder if canon will start using 1" DPAF sensors in the Gx series bodies now?

 

[cream]

While I had previously used the Canon line up previously, when the XF series was originally introduced I felt they were good but over priced compared to what else was available on the market. The XF 400 is nothing more than the evolution of the older XA10 and 20 models. I do hope that the new cameras are priced competitively or they are going to to get quickly looked over by some.

 

[crazyrunner33]

If this has SDI and XLR, this would be a great run and gun camera for low profile news gathering. The UHD makes it perfect for cutting between medium and wide shots during interviews, and the slowmo can be handy for b-roll.

 

[EduPortas]

We just posted that we didn’t have any in-depth specifications for the upcoming Canon video products, and voila, we then got some.</p>
<p><strong>Canon XF400/XF405 Specifications:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>1″ CMOS</li>
<li>Dual pixel AF</li>
<li>Wide dynamic range</li>
<li>3 built in ND Filters</li>
<li>Dynamic IS</li>
<li>MPEG4</li>
<li>XF-AVC</li>
<li>4K UHD</li>
<li>4:2:0 8bit 60p 50p 24p onto 2 SD Cards</li>
</ul>
<div>More to come as we hear more.</div>
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Price for the XF400 will be US $3,000, per Adorama.

 

[Bernard]

AFAIK DCI 4K is the 4K movie standard (see http://dcimovies.com/specification/DCI_DCSS_v12_with_errata_2012-1010.pdf, 4.3) which is "true" 4096x2160. Anamorphic is a different kind of recording/playing which needs special lenses.

4096x2160 is the sensor resolution used.
The footage can then get cropped to 3840x2160 for UHD (and scaled-down to 1920x1080 for regular HD).
Alternatively, the full 4096 can be used, and the horizontal res can be cropped for 1.85 (standard cinema) or various "flat" widescreen aspect ratios (2:1, 2.4:1).
Anamorphic generally uses the full 2160 height, and some fraction of the width, which depends on the anamorphic ratio of the lenses and the desired output format.

In other words, while cinema-style cameras shoot in 4K DCI (4096x2160), the resulting footage rarely gets shown in 4K DCI outside of an edit suite.