Canon EOS C300 PL - Manual (Page 6)

W
hat you capture on set will define how your story
unfolds. Superb tonal accuracy. Brilliant color
reproduction. Subtle image adjustments. Surprising
angles and points of view. Digital robustness to survive
extensive post-production. For all this, Canon has created the
Cinema EOS system – a definitive HD motion picture system,
conceived as an extension of the cinematographer. The new
EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL cameras, Canon EF Cinema
lenses, our comprehensive service and support network,
and educational resources are all designed to help you tell
your story the way you imagined it.
The powerful EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL cameras, centered
on Canon’s unique Super 35mm CMOS sensor, revolutionary
Canon ≥ DV III Image Processor, and 50Mbps 4:2:2 codec
writing out to dual CF cards. Compact and lightweight,
modular in design, compatible with Canon’s new EF Cinema
lenses and legendary line of EF lenses, as well as third-party
accessories, the EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL are reliable in
the studio and rugged on location – no matter how far your
assignment or imagination takes you. A family of Canon EF- and
PL-mount lenses designed specifically for cinematography
applications, including fast primes and wide-tele zooms, with
the optical performance, controls and usability you need.
And Canon Service, Support and Education, working
right beside you when you need it. With an established
infrastructure to support and educate, troubleshoot and
repair, to listen and to innovate.
Canon is set on a path to grow and evolve with the
industry, providing professionals with the tools and support
they need to tell their stories.
P
ost is where your vision becomes reality. With the
EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL your image files can
accommodate just about anything post-production
can throw at them. A unique CMOS sensor rivals 3-chip
performance, breaking out clean HD bandwidth RGB signals
without the algorithmic distortions associated with a
debayering process. Canon’s robust XF Codec supports HD
1920x1080 resolution, harnessing MPEG-2 4:2:2 compression
at 50 megabits per second. All to realize the aesthetic look
you seek.
Whether making rough cuts from clips recorded on one
camera or integrating time-coded shots from a number of
synched cameras, professionals are completely dependent
on the image quality coming off the camera to achieve the
final look they envisioned. With NLE, digital special effects
and post-production processes, image files need to hold up
to multiple changes and multiple saves, multiple times. The
Canon EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL deliver incredibly high
quality images with its full 4:2:2 XF Codec, creating digital
files robust enough for major post-production.
The EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL use versatile MPEG-2
compression, saving files in the Material eXchange Format
(MXF). The MXF format folds video and audio into a single file
together with important metadata for seamless integration
with top NLE systems and post-production tools for compos-
iting, color correcting, grading and more. The EOS C300 and
EOS C300 PL codec supports HD 1920x1080 resolution, a
class-leading 50Mbps bit rate and 4:2:2 component sampling.
4:2:2 sampling give EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL image
files double the color vertical resolution of 4:2:0 color
sampling, minimizing jagged edges between red and blue
and ensuring ample quality for chroma key compositing
with green screens.
Conforming to industry HD standards is another definitive
advantage of the EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL. Non-standard
technologies require extra time and money that few productions
can afford. Canon standards and specs make post-production
seamless and simple – the world over.
Compositing on the set of
the short film “XXIT,” shot
exclusively with the Canon
Cinema EOS system.