Canon EOS C300 – now $2000 off

The Canon C300 has just been significantly reduced in price. B&H sent out a notice announcing a $2000 pricedrop.

Even though there is competition for the C300 with the introduction of the C500 and low priced C100 the C300 fills an important slot with its internal All-I codec and SDI connection possibilities.

There’s more competition from Sony with their new PMW-F5 model that’s already in stock.

Both the PL version as well as the EF version of the EOS C300 are now $2000 off and available at B&H with 0% financing.

That makes the C300 priced at $13,999 right now.

Canon EOS C300 is ready for preorder!

Some of you have been waiting for this day. The wildly anticipated Canon EOS C300 just went up for preorder and the price is $15,999.00
According to B&H the first people will see their C300 shipping “Mon, Jan. 30″

LINKS:
Canon EOS C300 EF-mount

Canon EOS C300 PL-mount

Scarlet-X sensor detail on a 28mm photo prime

Disclaimer: This is not a scientific test, merely a look at the sensors behaviour under the given condition.

This is a quick test to get a feeling for the sharpness of the Scarlets Mysterium-X sensor. And to make sure sharpness is not suffering from lens type I tried some PL lenses with a Scarlet PL mount as well. More on that later.

Setup:
Contax Zeiss 28mm T2.8
Recorded at 4K, ISO 800, 25fps, 1/25th shutter, Aperture 5.6 +1/2

Result (100% quality jpeg):
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More rumors on Canons Nov. 3rd event

As you know the day after tomorrow Canon will hold a media event at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
They call it “historic” and all the rumors point to a very satisfying new product, or in fact several of those!

Here’s what canonrumors wrote:

“I was also told that we’ll see at least two compact cine lenses, and possibly a third”

- Price: sub $15,000 – possible down to $10,000
- Image quality: Alexa good
- SDI outs
- XLRs (audio)
- Piviting & detachable monitors and grips
- PL mount and EF mount options
- Resolution – 4k capture, 2k recording
via PhotoLifeToys

There will be no DSLR announcement on November 3, 2011. This is a video only announcement. However, there could be “EF” and “EOS” branding involved.
I was told Vincent Laforet has been shooting promo material with the new camera in the Los Angeles area. However, he was NOT shooting with a DSLR.

Unfortunately cinema5D is too far away from the event (we’re based in Austria), but we’ll get all the coverage we can find, I’m sure there’ll be plenty.

The event will be held on November 3rd at 5pm UTC (10pm GMT).

Don’t forget RED. They announced that they’d be announcing the final specs of the Scarlet camera, in a way a direct competitor to the rumored Canon cinema camera(s).

I read that orders for the Scarlet start on Nov 3rd at 7pm PST (Nov 4th 2am GMT), so we Europeans will have to stay up late that day. What a rush.