New Capabilities Include ACESproxy Output, Full RAW 120fps 4096 x 1080 Resolution, DCI-P3+ Color Gamut Support for the EOS C500 Camera and 80,000 ISO Shooting for All Three Cinema EOS Camera Models
Kuala Lumpur, 29 October 2013 – The Canon EOS C500, EOS C300 Digital Cinema Cameras and the EOS C100 HD Digital Video Camera will be enhanced significantly through new firmware scheduled to be available starting in November 2013 for the EOS C300 and the EOS C100 camera, and in December 2013 for the EOS C500. In addition, the XF305 and XF300 series camcorders are scheduled to receive firmware updates in early 2014 that include GPS support and enhanced digital teleconverter capabilities. Based on input from the motion picture and television production communities, these updates are designed to extend image capture capabilities, increase operational convenience, enhance the versatility of recorded files and facilitate postproduction workflow efficiencies, particularly with regard to maintaining accurate industry-standard color values.
Canon listens closely to comments from the motion picture and television production industries. These new Canon firmware updates for Cinema EOS cameras and XF300-series camcorders are designed to enhance the ability of filmmakers and professional content creators to meet their technical and creative needs, and help them tell their stories as they envisioned them.
• ACESproxy output from the camera's 3G-SDI monitor terminal - Allows filmmakers to grade their footage (which is being recorded in RAW) immediately on-set using a compatible ACES monitor with ASC CDL. This provides an accurate representation of how the footage will look after being color graded in the DI suite when a project uses ACES.
• Support for DCI-P3+ color gamut (Cinema Raw Development) - DCI-P3 is the standard color gamut for digital movie projection. DCI-P3+ expands this gamut even further while still sharing the same white point as DCI-P3 but encompasses a much greater range of color. By exceeding the DCI-P3 standard, the Canon EOS C500 camera offers an increase in saturated colors that can be faithfully reproduced, as well as a more accurate representation of the original subject color.
• Canon Proprietary Cinema Gamut - Cinema Gamut is the widest color space currently available for the EOS C500 Cinema Camera. Canon's Cinema Gamut is wider than both Rec. 709 and the aforementioned DCI-P3+, allowing end users to faithfully record highly saturated color while retaining fine variations of both hue and saturation.
• Canon Log LUT (look-up-table) available over the 3G-SDI monitor terminal - When the camera is recording in Canon Log format, the image that is simultaneously outputted over the 3G-SDI terminal to an external monitor can be viewed in its original color space without the apparent lack of contrast and color saturation resultant of the Log format.
• 4096 x 1080 RAW resolution - In this new shooting mode, in full RAW recording, the vertically cropped center of the EOS C500 camera's Super 35mm CMOS sensor can now record in 4096 x 1080 native resolution, up to 120fps.
Canon EOS C500, C300 and C100 Camera Firmware Updates
• Peripheral lens correction feature - This maintains even illumination from corner to corner of the image and virtually eliminates vignetting across the image. There are 14 Canon EF-Series photographic lenses that benefit from this feature including the EF300mm f/2.8L IS II USM, the EF400mm f/2.8L IS II USM, the EF500mm and the EF600mm f/4L IS II USM. The seven Canon CN-E Series Cinema Lensesi that benefit from this feature include the CN-E15.5-47mm and CN-E30-105mm T2.8L S compact Cinema zooms, the CN-E14mm T3.1L F, the CN-E24mm T1.5L F, the CN-E 50mm T1.3L F, the CN-E85mm T1.3L F, and the CN-E135mm T2.2L F Cinema prime lenses.
• ISO increased up to 80,000 - This provides the EOS C500, EOS C300 and EOS C100 cameras with greater light sensitivity than ever before. Great for documentaries and other forms of reality production, this ISO increase can help capture shots that may have been previously impossible to capture.
• Ability to shift the magnification location in the viewfinder - Allows users to manually move the magnification view area to one of 25 different locations using the joystick on the camera. With this feature, the camera operator can easily check focus even on subjects that are not located directly in the center of the frame. Particularly useful for those operators who use the cameras in more testing environments where they don’t have a camera assistant to keep them in check.
• Record button lock - The lock setting on the Key Lock now makes it possible to lock all operations, including the RECORD button, to prevent accidental operation during takes.
Canon EOS C500 and C300 Camera Firmware Updates
• Multi-person login for the Canon Wi-Fi® remote application - This allows two users to login to a single camera, allowing for camera operation/control with one login and metadata to be inputted by the second login simultaneously (when Canon’s WFT-E6A Wi-Fi remote is attached). Thus one user will be able to control the camera settings (IRIS, ISO, aperture, white balance etc) while a second user will be able to input metadata simultaneously. This is essential when time is critical and production tasks need to be completed immediately.
• Ability to assign ISO and iris adjustments to the control dial (or, on the EOS C300 camera, the dial on the removable side grip handle) - This gives operators the option to allocate whichever setting they prefer to either dial, allowing for specific changes at a moment's notice. Previously only one function (iris or ISO) could be assigned to both control dials (one on the camera body and the other on the hand grip). This meant that, for example, if the operator had assigned the iris to the control dial, there would be no quick way of changing the ISO. Now iris and ISO can be assigned to separate control dials – a small but significant improvement to operation efficiency.
Canon EOS C300 Camera and XF305 & X300 Camcorder Firmware Updates
• GPS Support - Provides accurate metadata on the location and time of each clip, including longitude, latitude, and altitude for the EOS C300 camera when used with Canon's optional GP-E1 or GPS Receiver and for the XF305 and XF300 camcorders when used with Canon's optional GP-E2 GPS Receiver. This is an especially handy feature for documentaries, ENG (Electronic News Gathering) and reality programming.
• Wide DR gamma - With a high dynamic range that maintains highlight detail and preserves perfect gradations of color, this feature is designed to help achieve smoother changes in brightness, seamless gradations, and clear reproduction of skin tones with uniform colours. Optimized for display monitors, wide DR gamma is well suited for productions that do not allow for lengthy postproduction processing and color grading, such as budget-conscious independent productions, web series, or documentaries.
• 1440 x 1080 35Mbps for broadcast requirements - This highly utilized recording mode (at 60i or 50i) is designed to enable the EOS C300 camera to seamlessly align with the standard workflows used by many major broadcast news networks.
• Push auto iris/one-shot AF - These new additions make the EOS C300 camera increasingly attractive for solo, run-and-gun style cinéma vérité shooting. These features (which are already included in the EOS C100 camera), automatically adjust the exposure and/or focus to the most suitable setting at the push of a button. They also provide support for the Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM standard zoom lens. The new peripheral lens correction feature further benefits the use of this lens by virtually eliminating vignetting and maintaining even illumination across the image.
• Automatic Exposure (AE) Shift/ Selecting the Metering Mode/ Flicker Reduction - AE Shift can be used to compensate the automatic exposure set by the camera when using the push auto iris function. Users can engage AE Shift in the camera menu to make slight adjustments to the image brightness helping compensate for scenes that are slightly over or underexposed. The new AE Shift capability provides 15 steps, from -2 to +2. The new firmware also enables three light metering mode options to be selected: Standard, Backlight or Spotlight. By selecting a light-metering mode to match one of three recording conditions, users will help ensure the EOS C300 camera obtains a suitable exposure level when the push auto iris function is used. When recording under artificial light, the camera's monitor may flicker depending on the shutter speed. By setting Flicker Reduction to "Automatic" the EOS C300 camera will automatically detect and reduce flicker on the camera's monitor.
• Menu Navigation now possible through buttons on camera body - Previously menu navigation on the EOS C100 camera was only possible through the removable joystick - when the joystick was detached, menu navigation ceased. Allowing users to easily navigate menu options, even with the removable joystick grip detached, buttons on the rear of the camera body will be able to navigate menu options with this new firmware. The buttons on the rear of the camera under the built-in monitor can be assigned as follows: 1) Set, 2) Up, 3) Left, 4) Down, 5) Right.
• Digital Teleconverter - This update extends the choice of magnification settings with two great options from the current 1.5X to 3X and 6X.
All products in the Canon Cinema EOS line are engineered to provide outstanding image creation capabilities for professionals in the motion picture, television and diverse high-resolution digital production industries. All of these products are designed to contribute to the continued advancement of tools for visual expression and they convey Canon's ongoing commitment to the industry. For further info, please log on to www.canon.com.my.
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