C200: The new Canon C200 with 4K

NorBro said:
I'm guessing the buttons do not illuminate because if you zoom in on C300 and C200 high-resolution photos, you'll see that the C300 buttons reside over a white cap (which provides the light), and the C200 buttons don't. I could be wrong though.

External monitoring via SDI should be fine, but not sure if menu overlays will be available.
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Menu overlays will be available.
 
rob norton said:
It's not under the c200's 'in the box' section. In the Q&A there are answers that say both... surely a temporary mistake...
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There are lots of mistakes on the website...it's too massive to keep track of all of the details for the millions of products they sell when there are constant updates and changes, ha.

It's on the Canon website:

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When I don't have the time or budget for lighting I rely on my C300 Mark II's button illumination to light the scene. Some consumer cameras (such as smart phones) have a built-in on-camera light. When will professional cameras adopt this great feature?
 
Eric Coughlin said:
When I don't have the time or budget for lighting I rely on my C300 Mark II's button illumination to light the scene. Some consumer cameras (such as smart phones) have a built-in on-camera light. When will professional cameras adopt this great feature?
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Haha. Maybe they could lose the handle and add a Jr receiver for a skypanel, would be great for news etc.
 
Eric Coughlin said:
When I don't have the time or budget for lighting I rely on my C300 Mark II's button illumination to light the scene. Some consumer cameras (such as smart phones) have a built-in on-camera light. When will professional cameras adopt this great feature?
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I think you have your priorities reversed. Why don't ARRI Panels and Dedo Lights come with camera already attached to them?
 
About new Canon raw light - if it has baked ISO, then it is easy to make one shot with ISO 10.000 and another one with ISO 1000. And the result will be clear...
 
Spoke to a Canon rep today, two nuggets:

1) Apple, and possibly Adobe, have both signalled that native Canon Raw Light processing will be implemented "by the end of the year" —*is this already known?

2) They have assurances from SanDisk that CFast 2.0 prices will be coming down significantly in the next year. In 18 months time, they predict a 512GB card will cost below £500 (I'll leave the $ translation to you). That's still pretty expensive, but you know, if it happens then hooray. The rep didn't seem that worried by Lexar's demise.

If that's helpful at all.
 
Morqon said:
Spoke to a Canon rep today, two nuggets:

1) Apple, and possibly Adobe, have both signalled that native Canon Raw Light processing will be implemented "by the end of the year" —*is this already known?

2) They have assurances from SanDisk that CFast 2.0 prices will be coming down significantly in the next year. In 18 months time, they predict a 512GB card will cost below £500 (I'll leave the $ translation to you). That's still pretty expensive, but you know, if it happens then hooray. The rep didn't seem that worried by Lexar's demise.

If that's helpful at all.
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I heard from someone at CineGear that Apple, Adobe and AVID should have built-in Cinema RAW Light support by years end.

If the card rumor is true, thats interesting. As of today, that would be U.S. $647.19 for an hour of 4K Cinema RAW Light storage. That's quite affordable and many of us could spring for at least two or three hours of Cinema RAW Light capability.
 
Right now, off Amazon.UK, SanDisk CFast 2.0 cards go for about £3.5/GB.

So, 1 £/GB (£500 for 512 GB) would be a huge, roughly 75%, drop.
 
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18 months is a long time in the camera world, there'll probably be something better, cheaper, sexier by then...and on it goes...
 
ade4all said:
18 months is a long time in the camera world, there'll probably be something better, cheaper, sexier by then...and on it goes...
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Quite right, if anyone buys a C200 now because in 18 months the media will be 'affordable' they're as daft as a brush. The camera market waits for no one.

Even though those prices a better, if you plan on using a C200 and RAW Light for real work you'll need several of those cards to cover a days shooting. Feeding 128GB cards all day in a fast paced corporate shoot will be untenable.

In 2 years there may be a C200 MkII with dual CFast 2 slots, personally, I'd wait for that.
 
Nirv said:
Quite right, if anyone buys a C200 now because in 18 months the media will be 'affordable' they're as daft as a brush. The camera market waits for no one.

Even though those prices a better, if you plan on using a C200 and RAW Light for real work you'll need several of those cards to cover a days shooting. Feeding 128GB cards all day in a fast paced corporate shoot will be untenable.

In 2 years there may be a C200 MkII with dual CFast 2 slots, personally, I'd wait for that.
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This is why i wish the C200 had 4k raw out of either SDI or HDMI, so i could bypass expensive cards, and just use an external recorder to record the raw files (or prores / DNxHD) to SSD's. Then edit straight from the SSD's.

Not practical for you run & gun guys, but if you're on a tripod or shoulder mount then the extra weight wouldn't be such a big deal. And 1TB ssd's are so cheap now :)
 
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