Canon has dropped its bomb — the EOS-1D C . The world’s first 4K video shooting DSLR. Equipped with a full-frame 24mm X 36mm CMOS sensor that offers an APS-H sized area for video capture, and recording 8-bit 4:2:2 Motion JPEG 4K video to CF cards at 24fps, this camera packs a punch. Both in terms of its features — and the $15,000 price tag:
On the one hand, this is incredible news — who would have thought a year ago that we’d be discussing a DSLR camera with an ISO range up to 25,600 that could output 4K (4096 X 2160-pixel) video? And to CF cards no less? The camera can do a couple of other neat things, like record Full HD (1920 X 1080-pixel) at the full sensor width or cropped down to Super 35; and of course, it can shoot great stills just like its brother, the EOS-1D X.
On the other hand — this is a $15,000 camera. For $15,000, we are throwing out the cost advantages of DSLRs vs dedicated video cameras, and are now speaking strictly in terms of what kind of video features it offers. At $15,000 dollars you expect XLR inputs and more than an HDMI output, and frankly, with other cameras like the RED Scarlet and the FS700 right in that price range (with accessories), this camera is going to have to go through the paces to prove it’s a tool that high end video shooters want to invest in.
At the same time, it’s a DSLR. It still offers the advantages of a small form factor, and a shooting flexibility that many other cameras don’t — and as many filmmakers have found out, that can be quite a liberating feature.
For those of us who were hoping for something as disruptive as the Canon 5DmkII, well, it’s looking like we’ll have to wait for the next round of innovation to provide us lower budget options.
For more details, check out the full press release here, and for images of the camera, just keep on scrolling.
Is this the 4K DSLR you were hoping for? Will this cannibalize the C-300? If you had $15k what camera would you buy and why?
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Ever since the iPhone camera was invented, it's aspired to be what it simply never quite could be: a DSLR. Sure, apps have helped your camera phone inch forward with simulated focusing and faux filters.
Faux no more. The iPhone SLR Mount gives you the real thing. It'll set your phone photos apart from everyone else's on Instagram in an unprecedented way (#nofilter)!
This case-adapter combo lets you mount your Canon EOS or Nikon SLR lenses to your iPhone 4 giving your phone powerful depth of field and manual focus.
Telephoto, wide angle, macro, or your fixed-fifty lenses all attach to this mount giving you a full range of lenses at your iPhone lovin' fingertips. Heck, you could even throw on a Diana adapter!
Plus, you'll be putting the SLR lenses you already have to use with the camera you always have with you -- your phone.
Two loopholes on each end of the case let you tie on a camera strap, so you can hang it around your neck just like your real DSLR.
Now that your favorite camera has it all, what're you going to do with your DSLR?
On Twitter popped up the news that Volare DSLR Film Gear have beaten the Thailand floods and are back on track to release their range of camera rigs. Oman Mirzaie a veteran Snapper Director from Bangkok Thailand is launching a few accessories for the DSLR and the new breed large sensor shooters. Items like a Modular Grip System, Hand Held rigs, Cages, and Shoulder Support. Follow @VolareFilmGear for the latest on drop times. Check out the types of gear coming:
