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Canon announces C300

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KarmaInitiative
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Canon dropped their new cine level camera today, checkit

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/canon-c300-makes-an-appearance-in-vincent-laforets-mobius-find/
Nov 3 2011 8:53PM
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I.B
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Only if i had $200,000 to drop on the body and glass
Nov 3 2011 9:07PM
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blatt
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Gay. Red has won the day.
Nov 3 2011 9:09PM
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kootenayklaus
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20,000 you mean?
Nov 3 2011 9:29PM
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NJurkiewicz
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This release is so bad compared to Red's...
Nov 3 2011 10:03PM
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mammothpunks
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body = $20,000
2 new zooms = $47,000 each
3 primes = $6,800 each

So only $134,000
Nov 3 2011 10:10PM
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eheath
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Nov 3 2011 10:14PM
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kootenayklaus
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only ahahahahahahahahahhahhahaha. Scarlet blows this out of the water.
Nov 3 2011 10:35PM
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MatRich
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this is final cut x all over again!
Nov 3 2011 10:38PM
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blatt
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Quite the way to put it. I think Dan Carr has some insight on the c300 that would give it some justification. Not saying the c300 is by any means better, but I think his perspective is worth reading.
Nov 3 2011 11:00PM
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I seriously feel bad for the guys at Canon. I don't see a single reason why someone would spend $20k+ on a c300 rig instead of $16k for a RED Scarlet rig, which is better than the c300 in literally every single aspect.
Nov 4 2011 1:28AM
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123+ski
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if it was much cheaper, like sub $10k, I could see it being aimed at professional photographers who have moved into video/hdslr users who already have a good still body and many L-series lenses (or have a lot of money invested into EF mount lenses/system in some other way.
Nov 4 2011 9:08AM
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Shza.
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I'd rather have a red.
Nov 4 2011 9:23AM
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MatRich
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sais the guy with an ironic canon icon!
Nov 4 2011 2:01PM
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WillStart
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hahahahah



i don't see how canon had the balls to even go through with the announcement. knowing what they did about their own product, they should have known, through pure scarlet speculation, that they were going to be put to shame. i bet they're already scrambling to find a way to recover from this embarrassment.
Nov 4 2011 7:39PM
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Honestly, I would have been insanely excited if the event went something like this:

"We have released DSLR firmware that eliminates all moiré. That is all."

If that were the case, I'd have no desire whatsoever to upgrade cameras in the near future.

Nov 5 2011 12:59PM
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.cam.
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To me this camera seems like a competitor for the arri alexa. huge amounts of dynamic range and not very high resolutions but for much cheaper. The dslr that they say is in development seems like a direct competitor with scarlet.

http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/11/concept-cinema-dslr-official/
Nov 5 2011 1:16PM
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Jeff_Lo
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I wouldn't put it in the same class as the Alexa. 

The Alexa is an amazing albeit expensive and HUGE still wipes the Canon aside.
Nov 5 2011 2:15PM
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blatt
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I mean, that's what canon was aiming for.

Unfortunately, I think this camera is only slightly better than the f3. Very similar to an fs100 as far as they both mimick a DSLR with some essential video bells and whistles (XLR, headphone jack, EVF, HDMI out). Of course this has 2k resolution.

bottom line: worth $20k? no.
Nov 5 2011 2:22PM
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Jeff_Lo
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Exactly. 

I'd hesitate to say I'd ever really see this out in the field while I'm shooting.  I'd be shocked. 
Nov 5 2011 2:35PM
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Shza.
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Haha, I just saw this.... and you have a point... Oh well.
Nov 25 2011 5:53PM
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Jacuse
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well it looks like it could be 13k now

Nov 25 2011 11:02PM
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.spaghetticat.
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this this this
Nov 25 2011 11:16PM
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