Canon XC10 rated highly for performance in European Broadcasting Union report

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Canon XC10 rated highly for performance in European Broadcasting Union report


Canon today announces that the XC10 video camera has been independently tested in accordance with European Broadcast Union (EBU) standards for HD content acquisition¹. The tests found that the large 1.0 inch Canon CMOS sensor coupled with Canon’s DIGIC DV5 image processor provides ‘little or no aliasing’ concluding' its performance meets (HD) Tier 1, and it easily meets (HD) Tier 2L’² allowing its use in a wide array of broadcast and cinematography applications.
 
I only had the "pleasure" of using it one time before. Needed a D-cam to match with C300 and C100s. Just thought: Put it in WDR and everything will be fine.
I was wrong.
Clearly my fault, should have rented another C300 instead. Wasn't cheap either since Cfast still rents high at my rental.
So I'm still looking for good examples of XC10 footage (and a workflow to match it with its brethren...).
 
https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/tech/tech3335_s17.pdf

The resolution performance is acceptable for Tier 2, UHD-1, although 10-bit output is required for fullcompliance and so this camera should strictly not be accepted for 4k broadcast. Aliasing levels areacceptably low.


2.5. Conclusion



The recording coder bit-rates qualify the camera for all Tiers in R.118, however, the bit-depth is problematic.
The 4k resolution is limited by the optics, and there is some diagonal aliasing. The camera cannot officiallyqualify for R.118 UHD-1 because the recording is 8-bit, whereas R.118 requires 10-bit or greater. Also,R.118 demands interchangeable lenses for UHD-1. Nevertheless the noise performance meets the criteria forboth Tiers of UHD-1, and the 4k mode is a good way to shoot for HD production provided extreme speedsettings are not used.


The HDTV resolution and aliasing is good enough for the camera to qualify for R.118 HD Tier 1, as is thenoise level. It is only the monitoring and connectivity requirements which are not really met. Thus itsperformance meets Tier 1, and it easily meets Tier 2L. It could be used in Tier 1 situations provided themonitoring and connectivity problems can be dealt with.
 
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