Canon C300 Cinema EOS Camera. Specs and Price 2012

The star is rising in this 2012. It is your time to get the lucky chance for getting the rising star,newest professional camera designed from Canon.  Canon EOS C300 Cinema is now available for pre-order for a cool $15,999 with free shipping, so technically this is a sub-$16,000 camera. It is a fix price for hi-tech camera.

Canon EOS C300 is a sophisticated camera with Super 35mm-equivalent 16:9 large CMOS sensor. Canon says it was modeled on the Super 35mm 3-per motion picture standard and boasts an active image size of 24.6mm x 13.8mm. The camera records 4:2:2 50Mb/s MPEG-2 video to two CF cards at 1080p. It also has a 4-inch, 1.23MP rotating LCD screen.

Stock Specs: 

• 8.3MP 2160×3840 Super-35 CMOS sensor, 4K sensor
• 1080p capture 24p & 30p
• 720p capture at 60p
• EOS or PL mount version (not both)
• Pair of CF card slots
• Canon XF codec (50Mbps 4:2:2 1080p30 MPEG2 MXF)
• Digic DV III processor
• GenLock Timecode
• HD-SDI output
• Full frame
• Canon Log gamma
• Manual focus & exposure control — No AE or AF
• Includes LCD monitor, dual XLR audio inputs, side grip, top handle, battery and charger
• Built-in intervalometer, which is an EOS first
• Electronic ND filters

New cinema lenses:

Canon CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L S

Canon CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L SP

Canon CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L S

Canon CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L SP

Canon CTZ-029 24mm

Canon CTZ-030 50mm

Canon CTZ-031 85mm

In the other hands, this camera also has some critics from some experts, regardles there are some plus point of it. Here the pros and cons as said by EOS HD (4/11/11)

Pros

• 4-2-2 10bit colour a nice improvement from DSLRs
• 8MP sensor means low light performance is good, fine film like grain
• Form factor is superb – I much prefer the DSLR inspired ergonomics to the dated traditional video camera form factor
• The Canon XF codec 50Mbps 4-2-2 MPEG based (I speculated this would end up on the 5D Mark 3 – I hope I’m still correct)
• It is modular – add-ons for XLR, LCD, top handle, etc.

Cons

• Although the sensor is 4K it only outputs to 1080p
• 60p only in 720p mode!
• No AF or auto-exposure of any kind (for documentary, news, etc.)

The decision is in your hands. Gadget your life.