Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

Somewhat badly worded isn't it?

"Canon See Impossible" suggests they have no hope for the future. Canon See Possible would suggest the opposite.

Ah well!

Dave

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

They need a new codec to progress their video cameras. The current Mpeg2 that's in the C300 etc is a dead-end as it's limited to 1920x1080 30fps and 8 bit. AVCHD has many of the same restrictions. They have to either develop their own codec, which would be a first for Canon, or licence someone else's.

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

They're more likely to license XAVC than use a 4:2:0 MOV/MP4 format on their own for 4K camcorders. If anything, their DSLR division is more likely to use 4:2:0 MOV/MP4 than the camcorder division.

Or, they could completely surprise us with Cfast and internal RAW recording...

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

One can't ignore the fact that Canon stunned the industry with the 5D, but it seems they're way behind at times. A press release would've served fine for this announcement. The countdown wasn't necessary.

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

It's ridiculous, and makes you wonder what goes through the heads of marketing people sometimes. To me, it diminishes when they next run such a countdown if this is all that's at the end of it. And I agree with Dave - it's badly worded anyway.

When the C300 was announced it was a different matter, and at the time that really was something to make a big deal of. It's still pretty good, and likely to be used for quite a while to come - but, it's far from cutting edge now, especially with the latest from Sony.

They need to catch up with a 4k option now, the C300 chip is capable of it, it's as Alister says - they need a newer codec.

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

"Canon See Impossible - Cannot See Possible"

-- peer

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"Delighting You Always"

Canon Slogan says it all

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

Now that is an astute observation if I ever saw one. Well played!.

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

So something else maybe might perhaps possibly be rolling out... any time soon?

-- peer (just teasing)

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

I'm looking forward to the XF305 (XF405?) replacement.

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

"Canon See Impossible"

Ugliest non user friendly idiotic decade old annoying 3d flash garbage.
Can't believe Canon would put out a page like this.

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

I'm a little worried that Canon will see the way forward as single-chip, and will feel that the XF200/205 are sufficient to fill that spot. Last February I attended the Cascade Show, and they had a 305 on display with no Canon staff near it. It was all about the C series.

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

Screw it, I'm breaking my NDA.

YES, I ***GUARANTEE*** YOU CANON IS ANNOUNCING A NEW CAMCORDER.

Here are the FACTS.

1) Canon will be announcing a new camcorder in 2015.
2) It will record to a memory card of some type.
3) It will have a MINIMUM of ONE LENS. Maxiumum.... 100 lenses.
4) It will be black, or possibly silver. A red version is improbable, but likely.
5) Audio will be included. Possibly through a microphone - or a grammaphone. Unknown at this point.
6) It will have a 1/4-20 screw mount, somewhat inline with the lens, near the bottom.
7) there will be a zoom version that goes from a wide angle to something more of a telephoto.
8) Lens thread - Yes.
9) A battery and charger are rumoured to be included, as is a duck. Just rumour at this point.
10) High definition is probable and colour may be available in a firmware update.
11) A new version of this camcorder will be released exactly 5 years after this version. People will complain because it does not do something they expected it to do that Red does for 10x the price.

I understand I'll be blacklisted from the journalism community after this post, but I felt I owed it to the public to spill the beans.

Mark II
 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1086125-REG/canon_eos_c100_cinema_eos.html
Haven't had time to look over the details. Anyone know more?

Re: Does anyone know if Canon is announcing a new Camcorder?
 

Yep, C100 Mk. II -- please direct all further discussion to this new thread:

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/digital-...ml#post1865629

Thanks in advance,