With the announced Cinema EOS filmcamerasysteem makes Canon serious work of video and movies. The camcorder for the film industry consists of two models, respectively, with a mount for EF and a mount for PL lenses.
The Cinema EOS means the entrance of the Canon, in the film production. The new professional digital camera comes in two models: the EOS C300, which current Canon EF lenses can be mounted, and the EOS C300 PL, which is equipped with a mount for PL-filmlenzen.
Both models are equipped with a new cmos image sensor Super 35 format with 8,29 megapixel. With dimensions of 24.4 at 23,5 mm, the new sensor is slightly larger than an aps-c sensor, but significantly smaller than a full frame sensor. According to Canon, the sensor can be per primary color, a 1080p signal is received, what moiré effects should reduce. This wording may indicate that the new sensor is a multi-layered design, like the Foveon-direct image sensors. This would be backed up by a publication from the end of June of a Canon patent with such a sensorontwerp.
The Cinema EOS system allows for the processing of the image data using the new Digic DV III image processor, which allows a maximum bitrate of 50Mbps is removed. There can be chosen from the framerates 59,41 i, 50i, 29,27 p, 25p, 23,98 p, 24p. The video is using mpeg-2 and with a 4:2:2 colour-coded in the mxf format stored. The chip may further by a higher readout of the image sensor is the rolling shutter effect reduce and vignetteringscorrectie run.
The two digital filmcameramodellen have a compact body with dimensions of 133x179x171mm, dust – and splash-proof. Using all sorts of accessories can the body be extended to a complete videorig. The EOS C300 is from January available, while the EOS C300 PL and two months later appears. The price for both models is approximately € 20,000.
Canon announced the Cinema EOS system, a total of seven new filmlenzen. Three of these are primes with EF mount: the CN-E24mm T1.5, the CN-E50mm T1.3 and the CN-E85mm T1.3. In addition, Canon introduced two lenses, with a range of respectively 14.5-60mm T2.6 and 30-300mm T2.6 in both EF – and PL-mount.
Vincent Laforet, who three years earlier for Canon the first short promotional video ‘Reverie’ with the EOS 5D Mark II lap, on his blog the new with the EOS C300 made promotional video posted. The short film bears the name Mobius.
