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Canon just announced a new C300 Mark II Touch Focus Kit for $9999.

The new C300 Mark II Touch Focus Kits should start shipping in a couple of weeks.

0% 24 Month $417, 1.99% 36 Month $287 Lease Financing Available if you have good credit.

CANON C300 MARK II TOUCH FOCUS KIT - 0635C032 $9999

TOUCHSCREEN AUTO FOCUS comes to the C300 Mark II!

This new SKU is a C300 Mark II with a new set of included accessories.

The highlight of this offering is that it enables touchscreen auto focus using the 4" Touchscreen LCD Monitor (LM-V1) that has been shipping with the C200. Also included is the MA-400 XLR accessory, which is a separate XLR unit.

The C300 Mark II can be rigged using the LM-V1 Touch Screen LCD and the MA-400 XLR accessory. Using these two accessories instead of the traditional "clamshell" Monitor/XLR unit allows for a more flexible and arguable more streamlined set-up.

Additionally, if a user doesn't need XLR, they can now rig the C300 Mark II with the LCD only for an incredibly small set-up. This also allows easier rigging with Gimbal Stabilizers.

Top Handle is still included.

The LCD and XLR accessory can be configured in many ways with or without the top handle.

Here are the new items included in this kit:

Canon LM-V1, Touchscreen LCD (the same LCD included with C200)
Canon MA-400, XLR accessory
Camvate Mount To Shoe Adapter
Manfrotto 492 LCD Micro Ball Head
The new C300 Mark II Touch Focus Kit does not include the C300 Mark II "clamshell" Monitor/XLR unit.​


SAME PRICE as traditional C300 Mark II! --- $9,999















 
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Canon C300 Mark II Focus Kit is a new SKU by Canon

Canon C300 Mark II Focus Kit is a new SKU by Canon

This is a new sku by Canon.

Not sure if this sku is exclusive to Canon USA yet.
 
This is probably an indicator that either Canon wants to sell off existing stock asap in anticipation of surprising the world with the C300 MKIII at NAB/Cine Gear or conversely, the rumors are true that we won't see
a C300 MKIII until well into 2020 and this makes an older camera design more interesting and relevant. Trying to guess Canon's marketing strategy is mostly impossible though so who knows?

It's funny, I have heard a LOT more enthusiasm about the touch screen from C300 MKII owners than I have from C200 owners, myself included, who only occasionally use the touchscreen for focusing.
I guess for C300 MKII owners, it gives them a cool new feature for their older designed camera. Or perhaps the extra weight of the C300 MKII makes using the touchscreen less likely to induce camera shakes and jitters than on the C200?
If the mounting arm for the C200 wasn't such a kludgy mess, I might have more enthusiasm for using the screen to switch focus points. As it sits stock, it limits the usability of the touchscreen on the C200, esepcially on tripod and longer focal length lens.
I have begun mounting the touchscreen directly to the C200 handle, just using the small swivel part of the monitor bracket. It reduces the length of the off-axis part of the screen and the leverage of the monitor support arm, making it more useful.
 
Will they be selling an LM-V1 and MA-400 bundled together at a discount for existing owners?
 
puredrifting said:
This is probably an indicator that either Canon wants to sell off existing stock asap in anticipation of surprising the world with the C300 MKIII at NAB/Cine Gear or conversely, the rumors are true that we won't see
a C300 MKIII until well into 2020 and this makes an older camera design more interesting and relevant. Trying to guess Canon's marketing strategy is mostly impossible though so who knows?

It's funny, I have heard a LOT more enthusiasm about the touch screen from C300 MKII owners than I have from C200 owners, myself included, who only occasionally use the touchscreen for focusing.
I guess for C300 MKII owners, it gives them a cool new feature for their older designed camera. Or perhaps the extra weight of the C300 MKII makes using the touchscreen less likely to induce camera shakes and jitters than on the C200?
If the mounting arm for the C200 wasn't such a kludgy mess, I might have more enthusiasm for using the screen to switch focus points. As it sits stock, it limits the usability of the touchscreen on the C200, esepcially on tripod and longer focal length lens.
I have begun mounting the touchscreen directly to the C200 handle, just using the small swivel part of the monitor bracket. It reduces the length of the off-axis part of the screen and the leverage of the monitor support arm, making it more useful.
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I use mostly the same setup that Joe Roemer described in his blog. The Wooden Camera Nato Mount works well. The setups as a whole works great. I have this setup for two of my C300 Mark IIs but still have the third C300 mostly stock for budgetary reasons, but maybe I'll upgrade it at some point. I bought the stock C200 monitor holder just to try it out and returned it.

http://blog.jonroemer.com/2018/04/the-canon-c300-mark-ii-gets-a-touchscreen/
 
Eric Coughlin said:
I use mostly the same setup that Jon Roemer described in his blog. The Wooden Camera Nato Mount works well. The setups as a whole works great. I have this setup for two of my C300 Mark IIs but still have the third C300 mostly stock for budgetary reasons, but maybe I'll upgrade it at some point. I bought the stock C200 monitor holder just to try it out and returned it.

http://blog.jonroemer.com/2018/04/the-canon-c300-mark-ii-gets-a-touchscreen/
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Thanks Eric - yes, I am very happy with the setup and highly recommend it. I have it for both of my cameras, too.

Only negative to me is that the screen is not quite as maneuverable with a touch of the hand but when tightened it is rock solid. I suspect the extra weight of the C300M2 does make it less likely to induce shakes/jitters when touching the screen. I have never had an issue on that front.

Could also be using a more solid arm to connect the screen to the top plate instead of the handle (in the blog I show it both ways, in practice I always connect it the top plate.)

To me the setup makes a huge difference. Not just for the touch/focus interaction but the image quality of the touchscreen is much better than the c300M2's clamshell. It's hard to go back to the clamshell screen after you use the LM-V1.
 
Canon would be best served by just dumping their entire top handle and monitor mounting design for both the C200 and the C300 MKII. It seems to be one of the primary complaints you hear about the ergonomics of the cameras and it is a self inflicted flaw. I replaced the handle with a helmet and a bunch of mounting points for mics, monitors, receivers, handles, etc. and my life has been much easier.

I also bought the longer monitor cable and I will often attach the monitor directly to my tripod so that I can touch the monitor or the buttons without causing camera shake. I just wish that cable wasn't so expensive.
 
cpreston said:
It seems to be one of the primary complaints you hear about the ergonomics of the cameras and it is a self inflicted flaw.
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It's definitely on my top 10 'worst designs ever' list.

To their credit, they started with this 7-8 years ago in a different time, but the C200 should absolutely not have this.
 
NorBro said:
It's definitely on my top 10 'worst designs ever' list.

To their credit, they started with this 7-8 years ago in a different time, but the C200 should absolutely not have this.
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Totally agree, I really, really wanted the C200 to be designed as a 2/3 size C700/F55 body style with a genuine, usable, side-mounted EVF and an integrated sliding shoulder mount. It's so stupid, all of the manufacturers just seem
obsessed with the false idea that everyone all of the time only wants to operate their A camera on a gimbal or drone when in reality, few want to operate their solo A camera on a gimbal all of the time because it's a
complete PITA to go back and forth from gimbal to shoulder or tripod. Someone in the marketing departments got it all wrong when they did faulty research. If I was obsessed with gimbals and drones and actually wanted
to use my A camera on either for quality, I would buy a C200B and would still rock the regular C200 as my A camera. Luckily for my needs, the XT-3 on the gimbal seems like it's going to work out just fine and it's a hell of lot simpler,
easier and cheaper than buying a C200B "so that the gimbal and A camera match!" Who cares? At least for documentaries and BTS.
 
Canon C300 Mark II Touch Focus Kits In Transit to Texas Media Systems

Canon C300 Mark II Touch Focus Kits In Transit to Texas Media Systems

just received tracking from Canon. Should have kits available to purchase on Monday or Tuesday.

The Atomos Shogun Inferno Bundle Discount -$800, Compact-Servo Bundle Discount 18-80 or 70-200mm -$700 per Lens, and 0% or 1.99% can all be combined and used on the new C300 Mark II Touch Focus sku.

CANON C300 MARK II TOUCH FOCUS KIT - 0635C032 $9999

 
I just bought the LMV1 for my Mk2 camera and really like it ‘so far’. I have the audio module position on the right side of camera and a simple mount for the touch screen on the left side. The LMV1 is a better screen than the clamshell and less polluted with function buttons and yet I seem to be able to address all the things I need with the few buttons on the screen. For pure doc shooting I tend to go without the screen and just use the VF , though I now if I keep the screen I can really free style with the camera hand held away from my eye with camera in my right hand, and occasionally tapping screen for focus with my left hand. That’s pretty cool.
 
Mark Smith said:
I just bought the LMV1 for my Mk2 camera and really like it ‘so far’. I have the audio module position on the right side of camera and a simple mount for the touch screen on the left side. The LMV1 is a better screen than the clamshell and less polluted with function buttons and yet I seem to be able to address all the things I need with the few buttons on the screen. For pure doc shooting I tend to go without the screen and just use the VF , though I now if I keep the screen I can really free style with the camera hand held away from my eye with camera in my right hand, and occasionally tapping screen for focus with my left hand. That’s pretty cool.
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FWIW, I am editing a project we shot with two C200s. I had a medium shot of two actors, staggered, one probably 6' away and then to his right, another actor 8' away. Both are talking to camera, trading off lines. I was at probably an F4.0 so not super shallow DOF but shallow enough that I couldn't have both in focus. I used the LMV1 and actually did four different racks focuses between the two as they traded lines to camera, it worked like a dream, I never could have hit those marks manually that accurately and smoothly because the focus rotation on the still lens I was shooting with is so small and it's a fly by wire lens (EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS). A tip on doing this, don't use the monitor arm that Canon ships with the C200 that holds the LMV1, mount it directly to the C200 handle and it minimizes and moving of the camera when you tap on the LMV1 screen. It was subtle, but I was stoked, it worked really, really nicely. I would do the same mounting the LMV1 to the C300 MKII, mount it as close and solidly as possible to the handle or body and you'll minimize camera movement when tapping on the screen to shift focus points.
 
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