Canon announces C300 Mark II, XC10 and new codec XF-AVC

Jurij Turnsek · April 9th, 2015, 12:50 AM

With Canon it's always a bunch of people looking for that one reason to make the product stand out from its peers and when it is not Canon it's always a bunch of people looking for that one reason to make it a no-go.

Noa Put · April 9th, 2015, 02:31 AM

While we still need to see more real world footage from the XC10 to see how it actually performs (I only have seen one sample video from Canon so far which did show some not so good highlight handling) but 2,5K is a very steep price for a hybrid camera with such a slow lens at the tele end and as I understand it doesn't take raw photo's either. Not sure who is going to spend this amount of money considering what the competition is offering, 1,5K would be a more reasonable price

Glen Vandermolen · April 9th, 2015, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emmanuel Plakiotis

The 2 cameras are totally different.

Chris, I think you should split the discussion into two right now, before it becomes bloated and difficult if not impossible to follow.

Yes, please, Chris, do this.
This thread is becoming difficult to follow. I'm never sure which camera someone's talking about.

Adrian Tan · April 9th, 2015, 04:27 AM

I'm one of the suckers sniffing around the XC10. I'm not happy about the price, not sold on the look, and not crazy about the f/5.6 at the tele end, but I'm still at least a little bit interested.

Presumably the price will decrease soon. We'll see.

The thing is, I don't have a 4K camera and I'm heavily invested in Canon, so the XC10 seems like a natural gateway drug. I suppose anyone who already has a C100 or C300 Mk I or even a 5D2 or 3 might be thinking the same way -- "I can use my C100 for most things. I can't afford a 1DC or C300 Mk II. For the rare times I need a 4K solution, there's the XC10. It's not as good value as an FZ1000 or GH4, but the colours should match more easily, and that's really important to me."

Anyone who has Canon DSLRs will likely have a lot of LP-E6 batteries lying around, so that helps also.

Andy Wilkinson · April 9th, 2015, 05:18 AM

Chris/Mods,

Another vote for splitting out this thread into sections:

New C300MkII
New XC10
New XF-AVC Codec

Mark Fry · April 9th, 2015, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Wilkinson

Chris/Mods,

Another vote for splitting out this thread into sections:

New C300MkII
New XC10
New XF-AVC Codec

Sounds like time for a Canon 4K sub-forum, in that case...

Chris Hurd · April 9th, 2015, 06:57 AM

Done: Canon XC Series UHD Camcorders Forum at DV Info Net

Chris Hurd · April 9th, 2015, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emmanuel Plakiotis

Chris, I think you should split the discussion into two right now

Doing. Stand by.

Chris Hurd · April 9th, 2015, 07:14 AM

Okay folks, per your suggestions this thread has now been split into two different directions...

So at this point you can pick up the XC10 / XF-AVC conversation here (it's a full copy of this thread minus the C300 Mark II posts):

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xc...ml#post1882702

Or the C300 Mark II discussion here (which is all of the previous C300 Mark II posts, merged with an existing C300 Mark II specs thread):

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-ci...iscussion.html

See you in those threads... thanks everybody!

April 9th, 2015, 12:50 AM	#46
Jurij Turnsek Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Slovenia Posts: 47	Re: Canon announces C300 Mark II, XC10 and new codec XF-AVC With Canon it's always a bunch of people looking for that one reason to make the product stand out from its peers and when it is not Canon it's always a bunch of people looking for that one reason to make it a no-go. Last edited by Jurij Turnsek; April 9th, 2015 at 04:06 AM.

April 9th, 2015, 02:31 AM	#47
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,509	Re: Canon announces C300 Mark II, XC10 and new codec XF-AVC While we still need to see more real world footage from the XC10 to see how it actually performs (I only have seen one sample video from Canon so far which did show some not so good highlight handling) but 2,5K is a very steep price for a hybrid camera with such a slow lens at the tele end and as I understand it doesn't take raw photo's either. Not sure who is going to spend this amount of money considering what the competition is offering, 1,5K would be a more reasonable price

April 9th, 2015, 04:27 AM	#49
Adrian Tan Trustee Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,149	Re: Canon announces C300 Mark II, XC10 and new codec XF-AVC I'm one of the suckers sniffing around the XC10. I'm not happy about the price, not sold on the look, and not crazy about the f/5.6 at the tele end, but I'm still at least a little bit interested. Presumably the price will decrease soon. We'll see. The thing is, I don't have a 4K camera and I'm heavily invested in Canon, so the XC10 seems like a natural gateway drug. I suppose anyone who already has a C100 or C300 Mk I or even a 5D2 or 3 might be thinking the same way -- "I can use my C100 for most things. I can't afford a 1DC or C300 Mk II. For the rare times I need a 4K solution, there's the XC10. It's not as good value as an FZ1000 or GH4, but the colours should match more easily, and that's really important to me." Anyone who has Canon DSLRs will likely have a lot of LP-E6 batteries lying around, so that helps also.

April 9th, 2015, 05:18 AM	#50
Andy Wilkinson Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 2,853	Re: Canon announces C300 Mark II, XC10 and new codec XF-AVC Chris/Mods, Another vote for splitting out this thread into sections: New C300MkII New XC10 New XF-AVC Codec __________________ Andy K Wilkinson - https://www.shootingimage.co.uk Cambridge (UK) Corporate Video Production

April 9th, 2015, 06:57 AM	#52
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Re: Canon announces C300 Mark II, XC10 and new codec XF-AVC Done: Canon XC Series UHD Camcorders Forum at DV Info Net __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

April 9th, 2015, 07:14 AM	#54
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Re: Canon announces C300 Mark II, XC10 and new codec XF-AVC Okay folks, per your suggestions this thread has now been split into two different directions... So at this point you can pick up the XC10 / XF-AVC conversation here (it's a full copy of this thread minus the C300 Mark II posts): http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xc...ml#post1882702 Or the C300 Mark II discussion here (which is all of the previous C300 Mark II posts, merged with an existing C300 Mark II specs thread): http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-ci...iscussion.html See you in those threads... thanks everybody! __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!