C300: C300III essentials

boosh said:
Thanks guys, loads of great recommendations. With the chargers, between the original one the camera came with and the Kastar one, I should be good for overnight charging. Does anyone know if there is a sun hood available for the monitor the C300III comes with? I think that could be very useful when filming outside.
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The Wooden Camera 4"-5" sun hood fits the C300III / C500 II screen really well.

Covers the screen and still leaves access to buttons.

The Hoodman HC300 Screen is a bit too small for the LM-V2 (it fits the LM-V1/C200 Screen).
 
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boosh said:
Clermond, let me know how that works out. Love to know how well it works in bright sunlight. Cheers.
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it fits exactly and leaves the buttons outside.
Unfortunately the screen isn't bright enough in bright sunlight.
I saw myself reflecting in the screen.
 
Jon Roemer said:
In use I found it to be too close. It's literally right up to the left/right edge and it would shift about cropping in one side of the screen or the other.
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well, that's your personal taste :). I will keep it though as it's not too small as you wrote
 
Weird, we shot for a year and half in the worst conditions imaginable with the C200 screen and the Hoodman, outdoors, on racing boats in the ocean. As long as we maxed out the luminance
backlight setting on the C200 screen, we found focus and exposure control to be 100% usable with the Hoodman, unless the sun was shining directly on it. But in a moving boat in 15' waves, every angle is
constantly changing all of the time. Your fit looks better than ours Clermond, nice setup. We are cropping about 10% on left or right of the screen depending on how the Hoodman shifts.
 
I've just purchased this V-lock mount from Hawk-Woods and two of these SWIT mini V-lock batteries and I'm stoked at how compact they are, its amazing. You can also leave a BP-A30 in the camera and hot swap the v-locks, so happy with this, and the mount and batteries cost me around £650 so if you don't need the Canon adapter this is a great way to get V-locks on this camera.

Also following on from the conversation about how the batteries stick out (I also never liked it but also never had any issues on my C200 or C500 Mark i) an FYI from those coming from a C200 the batteries do protrude much more on the C300 MKiii than a C200, a BP-A30 sits flush on a C200 but not on the C300 MKiii. Not a big deal but a change from the previous bodies. BP-A60's really stick out and if you're like me when shooting hand held and stick the camera body into your stomach it hurts 😂
 
rob norton said:
Speaking of essentials, I asked wooden camera about a direct attachment gold mount battery plate, referencing this v-mount plate.

Their reply was "...we are certainly working on one. We do not have a release date at the moment..."

As someone who has not yet invested in larger batteries, I think a low footprint, direct gold mount makes the gold mount the front runner again despite stiff competition from the explosion of mini v-locks.

I know it's easy enough to buy hardware to give a gold mount but I would definitely rather not use rods and go with the smallest set up possible. RED has done so well with this compact philosophy and I think it'd be a shame if we can't take full advantage of the new c-series when in "ball mode".

If the extension unit is required then I can live with a v-gold adapter because size is more of a given at that point.
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Apparently you can just use the “Full Frame Camera” rear cheeseplate on the back, and Wooden Camera’s “Pro” v-mount plates (which have three DTAPs each, and come in v-mount and gold-mount) can be attached directly to it.

All you’d need to add is a short DTAP to XLR cable.
 
I was thinking about a v-mount too. I did not go for it because I could not use the V50 EVF. I know the V50 has not too many fans :) for me it's perfect for handheld shooting.

Overall the length of the whole package is the same as with the core98W.
 
Grug said:
Apparently you can just use the “Full Frame Camera” rear cheeseplate on the back, and Wooden Camera’s “Pro” v-mount plates (which have three DTAPs each, and come in v-mount and gold-mount) can be attached directly to it.

All you’d need to add is a short DTAP to XLR cable.
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Thanks, that's good to know.
 
What are folks seeing in terms of battery life with the canon bp-A60s and the 98wh mini V-mount batts?
 
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Lkorver said:
What are folks seeing in terms of battery life with the canon bp-60s and the 98wh batts?
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Got a reply off-forum that the idx 98w mini-V mount batteries are going 3-4hrs on the c300mk3. Curious what the bpA60's are getting in terms run times?
 
Lkorver said:
Got a reply off-forum that the idx 98w mini-V mount batteries are going 3-4hrs on the c300mk3. Curious what the bpA60's are getting in terms run times?
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Shouldn't the runtimes be about the same though? BP-A60 is 90wh and the IDX 98w mini v-mount battery is actually 97wh..... I don't fully understand the electronics, but isn't that almost the same?
 
Runtimes should be similar, I've heard the BP-A60s are getting close to two hours which is the same as the C500mkii. Gerald Undone says it might be because of the DGO and the sensor being read twice is drawing more power. @14:15 - https://youtu.be/BBK5POeUVUc


As far as accessories, has anyone used the Zacuto Canon Z-Finder attachment for an EVF alternative? Seems like a good solution without just having a dedicated EVF. Thoughts?
 
ChadDP said:
As far as accessories, has anyone used the Zacuto Canon Z-Finder attachment for an EVF alternative? Seems like a good solution without just having a dedicated EVF. Thoughts?
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I had the whole Z-finder bundle for my C200 LCD and loved it. The whole set up was a lot to make it work (wish there was a more streamlined solution), but I loved using it for judging exposure, focus, and color and would likely re-build a similar set up if I got a C300MKIII
 
chris f said:
I had the whole Z-finder bundle for my C200 LCD and loved it. The whole set up was a lot to make it work (wish there was a more streamlined solution), but I loved using it for judging exposure, focus, and color and would likely re-build a similar set up if I got a C300MKIII
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Thanks, that's really helpful!
 
owlbot said:
I wouldn't say any of it is necessary but my rig serves me pretty well. The chest pad is clutch, and it holds my v-mount so I don't have to worry about the A60 sticking out, which is nice, and since then I've added a Hollyland 400 which has worked out better than I anticipated. Great little unit for the price and clients LOVE the iPad streaming/recording/screenshot/drawing functionality. The little handle on the left side lives on every camera rig I've ever made. Love that thing.
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I have to second Kenny’s recommendation of the chest pad. On one of his videos he showed that setup so I bought it for one of my C500 MkII rigs and just used it for my first test shoot with the cameras on Friday... I really dig the setup for low-handheld operation. I don’t have a side handle but just cradled underneath which worked pretty well but may try a left-side handle/grip and see how I like it. I haven’t landed on a V-Mount plate yet so I just snuggled up the chest pad against the included A60 and I, too, think it wouldn’t stick out any further with a V-Mount battery.

I know a few of you were talking about keeping things absolutely minimal so it may not be your “cup of tea” but if you’re not against some rigging I’d say to try it out.
 
chris f said:
I had the whole Z-finder bundle for my C200 LCD and loved it. The whole set up was a lot to make it work (wish there was a more streamlined solution), but I loved using it for judging exposure, focus, and color and would likely re-build a similar set up if I got a C300MKIII
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The Zacuto loupe certainly seems like an appealing option. Canon's EVF is very good, but once you're used to the EVF+monitor combo from the Arri Mini/Amira, it's really irritating not having both options always available. With the Loupe, you at least having the option to flip it up and monitor from the monitor when necessary.
 
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