C300: What would it take for you to purchase a C300 III?

I do both type actually...I have shot major feature film and network television and all kinds of other stuff :)

I find the C200 image to be on par with RED MX dynamic range but better in all other aspects. Low light, DPAF, body design (don’t need to purchase extra expensive modules). Cheap CFast cards are amazing in comparison to Redmags. However the newer RED DSMC2 bodies combined with Dragon, Helium, Gemini, or Monstro are all superior in dynamic range, color, and overall IQ. The C200 image falls apart faster in post then the image out of DSMC2 RED RAW sensors and IPP2. However, I feel like I can shoot any type of production effectively with a C200 where as working with a RED I feel very restricted with what I can do as a small crew/ one man band. RED is best with a first AC and extra time ;)

Fishflavour said:
AlkaliDigital, what kind of shooting do you do? Scripted or doco? How do you find the image out of the C200, compared to red?
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Been thinking about this as I've been doing a lot more shoots for out of town clients that need to transfer/backup footage on the same day and as a C200 + C200B owner, I think I would buy (*cough* finance) a C300MKiii if it had the following:

-Dual CFAST slots (with dual slot recording for all settings)
-Canon Raw Lite
-High bit rate internal 4K recording (ProRes would be the ultimate dream, but would take anything that's beefier than the UHD that the C200 offers)
-Timecode sync capabilities
-Same build, ergonomics and size as C200 (or as close as possible)
-Color recipe/profiles the exact same as the C200 (so I can keep my C200B for gimbal work and have it cut seemlessly with the C300mkiii)

Some nice to haves:
-5.9K sensor that is down sampled to 4K
-In-body/sensor stabilization
-4K slow motion greater than 60p
-Use same batteries as the C200/C300MKii

I think my max price point would be $17,000 if I could continue to use same memory (CFAST & SD Cards) and batteries as my C200. Ideally it'd be $15K
 
There was a rumor that the C300 III would have a full frame option. That, added with the TC/Gen ports makes it pretty clear that the C300 isn't shrinking for the next round. I think it would be great if it had an RF mount to help shrink the camera, but that probably won't happen.

As for matching color profiles... Nah. Even when Canon says that a profile is supposed to match, it doesn't.
 
Not hearing anything about a C300 MKIII on the boards or even rumor sites. If they intro it this year, probably will be at Cine Gear, not NAB but you never know.
 
The new camera needs an easy way to match the look of Canon's other cameras so it can slot into production.
There are a lot of C100's, C200's, and C300 MKI and II's out there that production companies and owner/operators aren't getting rid of.
 
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