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    I actually meant why Canon won't develop a large chip video camera...
    Thank you for sharing your knowledge,
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      Originally posted by Iudex View Post
      I actually meant why Canon won't develop a large chip video camera...
      That's been discussed ad infinitum. Canon always waits to be the very last. They just, this year, introduced a tapless camera in their pro division, a full five years after Panasonic introduced the first one. And now that Panasonic and Sony are going MPEG-4/AVC, Canon introduced MPEG-2 as their latest and greatest. Canon lets everyone else go first, and they bring up the rear years after everyone else has explored the terrain.

      Plus, they don't have any video-appropriate lenses for a large sensor camcorder.

      Their big five-year Global Expo is next month. They do this once every five years. If there's anything on the radar, we should hear about it then. But don't count on it. For 2010/2011, about the most I expect from Canon would be an interchangeable-lens 1/3" camcorder using their MPEG-2 codec.

      Would love to be surprised otherwise, but years of watching them has taught me to not get my hopes up.
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        Canon has always remained firmly in the under $10k price bracket with their cameras, both still and video. At the current state of technology it is not very likely that any company could develop a full fledged high quality APS-C/S35 pro camcorder with all the functionality and features that implies for less than a $10k market price. Give them another 5 years or so and that might change.

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          They just announced a Pro Video Camera, without interchangeable lenses of course...

          http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguid...314a59fe3b8fc2

          I will stay tuned to the Global Expo, but as you say they probably won't be announcing anything nice for the Canon DSLR video shooters... besides T2i v2 a.k.a. 60D.
          Thank you for sharing your knowledge,
          Iván.

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            This is an awesome camera About $5000 for the XF105 with XLR and about $4000 for the 100 without. It's small and dense, and solid as a tank. At Canon Expo they have a 3D rig setup with two of the 105s.

            I've been thinking about trying to pickup an HMC150 for sports highlights. I wonder how this Canon XF105 would compare.

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              What kind of battery does it take? Anyone know?

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                Zeiss compact primes with the m4/3rds mount were just announced I believe...or rather they've added m4/3 as an option for the interchangeable mount. Good news for AF-100.
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                  Or save loads of cash, like I did. Get the Contax/Zeiss C/Y mount primes and have them declicked! You'll get a whole set for the price of one CP2! And they look incredible.

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                    See also:
                    http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=222650
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                      Cool! AJA has announced their new $2K Ki Pro _MINI_ portable (use it with the AF100, etc.) at the IBC expo!:
                      http://www.aja.com/news/index_article.php?id=125
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                        Originally posted by Ben_B View Post
                        Zeiss compact primes with the m4/3rds mount were just announced I believe...or rather they've added m4/3 as an option for the interchangeable mount. Good news for AF-100.
                        Yes, they've actually built some (well, at least one, because it's now on the AF100 at the Panasonic IBC booth!)
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                          All of the great threads on the AF100 are now here:

                          http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?f=213

                          including reports of prototype by Barry Green:

                          http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=222673

                          Also, check out Barry's initial report on YouTube:

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjhpwWUTCao

                          Looks like a REALLY great camera. Time to start saving those pennies!

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                            Originally posted by Ben_B View Post
                            Zeiss compact primes with the m4/3rds mount were just announced I believe...or rather they've added m4/3 as an option for the interchangeable mount. Good news for AF-100.
                            Would there be any difference to using these vs PL mount CP.2s and an adapter?
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                              No, functionally they would be identical.
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