Canon EOS C300 Mark II
Canon EOS C300 Mark II
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Canon EOS C300 Mark II
Built by Canon, Fueled by imagination
The Canon EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera is an evolutionary 2nd generation Cinema EOS 4K camera system with a wide range of new and improved features including 4K/2K/Full HD internal and external recording (including 4K RAW output). This powerful camera also features an improved Dual Pixel CMOS Autofocus, innovative focus assist.
The Canon EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera adds creative flexibility to professional / independent motion picture productions, TV dramas, commercials, news features, sports and more.
Canon EOS C300 Mark II
Canon 8.85 Megapixel Super 35mm CMOS Sensor
The heart of any Canon camera is its superb image-sensor technology. The EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera integrates an 8.85 Megapixel Super 35mm 16:9 CMOS sensor that supports 4K (DCI) recording with a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 pixels. The camera fully utilizes the image data delivered by this 4K CMOS sensor to also enable Over Sampling HD Processing for 2K (DCI) and Full HD1080/60p recording. Each pixel in this CMOS imaging sensor also maintains a wide pixel pitch that maximizes the amount of light that falls on to each photo site, thus enhancing the EOS C300 Mark II’s sensitivity while also minimizing noise and supporting ISO speeds of up to 102,400 for extreme low-light imaging.
Internal CFast 4K Recording Technology
CFast (CompactFast) 2.0 cards are the next-generation mass-storage media employed by the EOS C300 Mark II for in-camera 4K video recording. The EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera features two CFast card slots, each of which is protected by a convenient hinged cover. The camera also includes an SD card slot for HD and Proxy recording. For example, the camera can simultaneously record 4K on two CFast (2.0) cards along with 2K proxy images on its SD card for off-line editing.
Canon Log Gamma 2/ACES/Rec. 2020 Support
The EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera features a new log gamma designated as Canon Log Gamma 2, which was designed explicitly for the camera’s 10-bit recording capabilities. The files produced using Log format are ideal for colour correction/grading in post-production, providing users with a high level of creative freedom while minimizing degradation of image quality. When using Canon Log 2, the Cinema EOS C300 Mark II can provide a dynamic range up to 1600%. Users can now set the Canon Log 2 gamma profile which achieves a uniform output n a wide area of the log space making it easy to perfom post-processing.
Canon XF-AVC Codec
The EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera incorporates the new Canon XF-AVC codec that allows 4K image data to be recorded internally onto CFast (2.0) cards. (The camera features two CFast card slots and an SD card slot.) This makes it easy for users to record high quality compressed 4K images in the camera body without the need for external recorders. If full uncompressed RAW recording is needed, the EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera can output its signal through dual 3G-SDI outputs to an external recorder.
Slow- and Fast-Motion Recording (Up to 120 fps)
The EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera features shooting speeds ranging from 1 fps (for time-lapse filming) to its highest speed of 120 fps (in 2K/Full HD). A wide range of expressive effects are made possible for creative digital filmmaking.
Fully Compatible with all Existing EF-Mount Lenses
A major aspect of the creative filmmaking potential of the EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera is its compatibility with the full range of more than 100 Canon EF and EF-S photographic lenses (including specialty tilt-shift and fisheye models) and Canon’s 4K CN-E Cinema prime and zoom lenses (including the “ENG-style” Canon CINE-SERVO zooms). Improved EF lens communication capabilities of the EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera provide the display of CN-E Cinema lens T-values, compatibility with Dual-Pixel CMOS AF, lens metadata acquisition, and chromatic aberration correction.
Connectivity and Camera Control
The EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera comes equipped with two 3G-SDI, a genlock input, a time code input/output, and an HDMI output. (The camera’s various “assist-displays” – waveform monitor, edge monitor, peaking, zebra and magnify – can be output to the SDI and HDMI outputs.) RC-V100 Remote Support and LANC Compatible The EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera supports the Canon RC-V100 multi-functional remote controller for enabling image quality adjustments and camera operations to be set from a distance.
The EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera is also LANC compatible and supports a variety of LANC accessories from third-party manufacturers.
Wireless Remote Capabilities
Wireless Remote Capabilities Using a standard web browser on a Wi-Fi capable device, users can take dynamic control of the functionality of the EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera. Almost all shooting operations and settings can be controlled from a laptop, tablet or smart phone.
Specifications
Canon EOS C300 Mark II
| Image sensing device | Sensor | CMOS sensor (single-panel) equivalent to Super 35 mm |
| Total pixels | Approx. 9.84 megapixels (4206 x234O) | |
| Number of effective pixels | Approx. 8.85 megapixels (4096 x 2160): When 4096 x 2160 or 2048 x 1080 is selected as the resolution Approx. 8.29 megapixels (3840 x 2160): When 3840 x 2160 or 1920 x 1080 is selected as the resolution |
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| Lens mount | Canon EF mount [EF lens group supported (including EF-S lenses), EF cinema lens group supported] |
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| Exposure | Exposure mode | (1) Manual exposure based on shutter setting, iris setting, ISO/gain setting, and ND filter setting (2) Push auto iris control, auto iris control (Light metering system selection, shift possible) |
| Shutter setting | Speed, Angle, Clear Scan, Slow, or Off mode selected Either 1/3 or 1/4 steps selected as speed increment |
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| lris setting | 1/2-stop, 1/3-stop or fine setting selected (1) Push auto iris control (2) Auto iris control * * Available only with some EF lenses (to be disclosed in the official version of the technical document) |
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| ISO/gain | ||
| ISO | 1 step, 1/3 step settings [*100 – 160 – 25600 -*102400 *When the sensitivity is expanded |
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| Gain | Normal [*-6dB – -2dB – 42dB – *54d8] Fine: Setting in 0.5d8 step increments possible * When the sensitivity is expanded |
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| ND filter | 5 density settings (2,4,6,8(*), 10(*) stops) [(*) when expansion is selected] Motorized drive |
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| Focus control | DAF (Dual Pixel CMOS AF) supported Manual focus, one-shot AF, continuous AF, AF-Boosted MF (*), face detection AF (Only lenses that support AF functions can be used in any of these modes.) *See Technical Description. |
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| LCD monitor | 4″ (10.1 cm diagonal) color wide-screen LCD with 16:9 aspect ratio Approx. 1.23 million dots (854 x RGB x 480), 100% field of view coverage |
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| Viewfinder | 0.46″ (1.18 cm on the diagonal), color organic EL display with a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio Approx. 1.17 million dots (1024 x RGB x 576), 100% field of view ratio |
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| White balance | Kelvin setting (setting range: 2000K to 15000K), daylight, tungsten, settings (A/B) | |
| System frequency selection
Frame rate |
59.94 Hz, 50.00 Hz, 24.00 Hz 59.94 Hz mode 59.94i / 59.94P / 29.97P / 23.98P 50.00 Hz mode 50.00i / 50.00P / 25.00P 24.00 Hz mode 24.00P |
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| Recording media | CFast card | Movie recording, custom picture settings, metadata 2-slot |
| SD Card | Recording of movies and photos (JPEG), custom pictures, metadata, menus and other data possible | |
| Video format (XF-AVC) | Video compression formats | MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 |
| Audio recording system | Linear PCM (16bit/24bit- 48 kHz – 4ch) | |
| File format | MXF | |
| Bit rate | Intra 410 / 225 / 220 / 110Mbps, LongGOP S0Mbps LongGOP 35 or 24Mbps (for proxy recording on SD cards) |
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| CFast card | Intraframe recording Resolution : 4096×2160 / 3840×2160 / 2048×1080 / 1920×1080 Signal configuration : YCC422 10bit/(*)RG8444 (12bit/10bit) (*) Only with 2048×1080 or 1920×1080; 29.97P, 23.98P, 25.00P and 24.00P |
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| LongGOP recording Resolution : 2048×1080 / 1920×1080 Signal configuration : YCC422 10bit |
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| SD Card | Movies: LongGOP recording only (*) Resolution : 2048×1080 / 1920×1080 Signal configuration: YCC420 8bit Photo: JPEG Resolution : 2048×1080 / 1920×1080 |
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| (*) Proxy recording using low bit rate | ||
| Time code | Count-up | Drop frame(*) or non-drop frame |
| Operation mode | Rec run, free run, regeneration (*) Only in the 59.94 Hz mode |
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| Special Rec | Slow & Fast motion recording (max. 120 fps supported), frame recording, pre-recording, interval recording | |
| Other | Relay recording, double slot recording, 4K RAW output, custom picture settings, color bar, peaking display, zebra display, My Menu settings, waveform monitor display, edge monitor display, customized functions, function assignment buttons (1 to 11), key lock, marker displays, Enlarged display, custom display Browser remote control using WFT unit, peripheral illumination correction, monaural microphone, fan control, magnification chromatic aberration compensation, GPS information recording, etc. | |
| Playback | Playback operations | Normal playback, fast forward (at speeds of 5x, 15x, 60x), fast reverse (at speeds of 5x, 15x, 60x), frame fonruard, frame reverse, fonrvard skip, reverse skip, rec review |
| Clip display | 3×4 (clip) index screen [Original, OK mark, check mark, shot mark, expand, proxy, photo (SD card) index displays available] |
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| Clip information displays | Clip metadata display, custom picture data display | |
| Edit | Clip deletion, clip copying | |
| Terminal | Body | |
| lnput | GENLOCK terminal (also serves as SYNC OUT terminal), TIME CODE terminal (inpuUoutput switching), REMOTE terminal, MIC terminal, AUDIO terminal | |
| Output | MON.terminal, REC OUT terminal, HDMI OUT terminal, headphones terminal, SYNC OUT terminal (also serves as GENLOCK terminal), TIME CODE terminal (inpuUoutput switching), VIDEO terminal | |
| Input/output control | Expansion system terminal (WFT/other unit) | |
| Monitor unit | ||
| Input | INPUT terminal (XLR) x 2, VIDEO terminal | |
| Output | AUDIO terminal | |
| Power supply | 14.4V DC (battery pack), 16.7 V DC (DC-IN) | |
| Image processing platform | Dual Digic DV 5 | |
