Anyone here planning on getting the C100?

alex1

alex1

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Is there anyone here that is planning to get the C100 when it becomes available for purchase? Or are you waiting for the price to come down? New firmware update, etc? Or is there something about it that is holding you back from purchasing it?
 
We have two on pre-order for the company I work for. My bosses love the look of our DSLR work, but they often require us to shoot very long-form stuff (shoot this hours-long board meeting with two or more cameras and make it look good!)

They also loved the footage we shot on a rented C300 several months ago. They've been waffling on buying us our own C300, but the price tag was a bit too much for the in-house video guys. And we really down't have a frequent need for a broadcast-approved codec. It's nice to know the footage we would shoot on a C300 could be acceptable to a top-tier outfit like BBC, but that would never be necessary. We also usually turn our projects around very quickly, and never have the time or the expertise necessary for heavy grading. Although it's nice to know that we can add an external recorder and almost certainly get an image and a codec that is equal to or better than the C300.

When the C100 was announced, it was a pretty easy sell: "Hey remember that $16,000 we all loved? We can get TWO cameras that are very similar, if not identical, for $13,000!"

If you're not doing broadcast work, if you don't need 720/60p, if you're often in a solo run-n-gun situation, if you have a lot of Canon lenses and accessories... seems like a no brainer to me.
 
I will be getting one.. when I get to see some more footage.. If the image is as nice as the C300, then its a no brainer. It looks easy to handle, it has the ergonomics of a DSLR and it has video camera functionality. The C100 and my 5D3 is a marriage made in heaven again; if it looks like what people are claiming.
 
We have quite a few orders....the 1st shipments are coming the week after Thanksgiving!

Jim Martin
Filmtools.com
 
will wait how the first units pan out. hyperdeck shuttle just supported prores.. i wonder if it supports the timecode from hdmi?
 
drummondb said:
We have two on pre-order for the company I work for. My bosses love the look of our DSLR work, but they often require us to shoot very long-form stuff (shoot this hours-long board meeting with two or more cameras and make it look good!)

They also loved the footage we shot on a rented C300 several months ago. They've been waffling on buying us our own C300, but the price tag was a bit too much for the in-house video guys. And we really down't have a frequent need for a broadcast-approved codec. It's nice to know the footage we would shoot on a C300 could be acceptable to a top-tier outfit like BBC, but that would never be necessary. We also usually turn our projects around very quickly, and never have the time or the expertise necessary for heavy grading. Although it's nice to know that we can add an external recorder and almost certainly get an image and a codec that is equal to or better than the C300.

When the C100 was announced, it was a pretty easy sell: "Hey remember that $16,000 we all loved? We can get TWO cameras that are very similar, if not identical, for $13,000!"

If you're not doing broadcast work, if you don't need 720/60p, if you're often in a solo run-n-gun situation, if you have a lot of Canon lenses and accessories... seems like a no brainer to me.
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Thanks for sharing, I did not know most of this.

I do have to say that I agree with you on the 12min limit for shooting on DSLRs, sometimes I help out with videographers at weddings and it would be nice to leave like a t2i or something in the back recording for an hour, to get some of the prep and the people leaving the ceremony too.
 
Canon C100 cameras are supposed to ship at the end of the month for $6499. 48 month $1 Buyout Lease runs $168 per month.

You can add the Atomos Ninja 2 onto the order for $995.

Put "FREE OVERNIGHT SHIPPING PER TERRY" in the comments when you place the order for an upgraded ride!

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avro said:
No 50/60 p in 2012. No for me. I also did not like images. 1 dc could be the way to go.
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Lovely little camera, but like the C300, it's pretty obvious that Canon is losing a lot of potential buyers because they somehow didn't consider the ubiquitous need for over cranking in the industry.

I don't get why they're all focused on one segment (episodic) of the market when everyone from commercial, doc, sports, indie, to even wedding shooters, rely on slo mo to help tell their stories.

I've got two TV spots in the next couple of weeks that I would loved to have used a C300 on - just to evaluate it.

But both spots (one food, one sports) have slo mo scenes, so no C300.

I know they're renting a lot of them, but they'd rent and sell a whole lot more if they could over-crank like a grown-up camera.
 
I'm getting one, basically a step up from DSLR shooting without having to go all the way to a C300 (yet). I think it will suit me very well as I like to be mobile, want to make some no-budget (but quality) documentaries, and all the major issues with it can be solved, except for the higher frame rates:

AVCHD = use an Atomos Ninja 2 or Black Magic HyperDeck Shuttle,
Crappy viewfinder = attach a Zacuto Z-Finder,
Frame Rates = get over it, or hire another camera for slo-mo shots, + I have a 7D for timelapse :-)
1080 = It's gonna be the standard for years to come. 3D TV anyone?

Unfortunately the recorder and Z-Finder will add $1000-$1500 to the cost, pushing it towards NS700 territory.

Having a 7D, the step up should be very noticeable and I have Canon lenses ready to go. I have a Sony NXCAM cam as well but I never felt the passion to use it as much as my 7D. As soon as I saw the C100 I thought I'd take it everywhere and anywhere like my 7D, but get a "real" video camera quality from it. Also at the AU$6K+tax price point it shouldn't take long to recover the outlay.

My $0.05. As soon as I get it I'll be doing some tests with native encoding and with an external recorder.
 
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jimagine said:
Lovely little camera, but like the C300, it's pretty obvious that Canon is losing a lot of potential buyers because they somehow didn't consider the ubiquitous need for over cranking in the industry.

I don't get why they're all focused on one segment (episodic) of the market when everyone from commercial, doc, sports, indie, to even wedding shooters, rely on slo mo to help tell their stories.
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I think it's a technical issue. They understand there is a need for higher frame rates but these early Cinema EOS cameras use the DV Digic III chip and it's just not capable of 60P according to Larry Thorpe of Canon.

Development on these cameras started in 2009, so that chip is all they had at the time. It usually takes several years to come out with a new chip. For example, the still camera Digic chips take about 4 years for each generation. I'm sure since 2009 they've started work on a new DV chip, but they have to wait until that's done or at least far along before developing a new camera. New cameras then takes another 2 years or more to development and get ready for mass production.

IMO, they're also going to have to move to another codec because the MPEG-2 standard doesn't permit these higher frame rates or 10 bits.
 
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Matt Turner said:
I'm getting one, basically a step up from DSLR shooting without having to go all the way to a C300 (yet). I think it will suit me very well as I like to be mobile, want to make some no-budget (but quality) documentaries, and all the major issues with it can be solved, except for the higher frame rates:

AVCHD = use an Atomos Ninja 2 or Black Magic HyperDeck Shuttle,
Crappy viewfinder = attach a Zacuto Z-Finder,
Frame Rates = get over it, or hire another camera for slo-mo shots, + I have a 7D for timelapse :-)
1080 = It's gonna be the standard for years to come. 3D TV anyone?

Unfortunately the recorder and Z-Finder will add $1000-$1500 to the cost, pushing it towards NS700 territory.

Having a 7D, the step up should be very noticeable and I have Canon lenses ready to go. I have a Sony NXCAM cam as well but I never felt the passion to use it as much as my 7D. As soon as I saw the C100 I thought I'd take it everywhere and anywhere like my 7D, but get a "real" video camera quality from it. Also at the AU$6K+tax price point it shouldn't take long to recover the outlay.

My $0.05. As soon as I get it I'll be doing some tests with native encoding and with an external recorder.
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You will have NIGHTMARES operating Ninja and HDMI.
 
avro said:
You will have NIGHTMARES operating Ninja and HDMI.
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I shot a documentary in a pretty hostile environment, humidity, rain and dust - all on an HDMI Ninja to the AF100. Yes, I was nervous going in so I bought some L connector HDMI cable but, admittedly was still nervous. 0 issues.
 
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