Overview | |
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Type | Digital cinema camera |
Lens | |
Lens mount | EF/ PL |
Sensor/medium | |
Sensor type | CMOS |
Sensor size | 24.6 x 13.8 mm [1] |
Maximum resolution | 3840 X 2160 |
Storage media | CompactFlash (CF) (Type I or Type II) |
Shutter | |
Frame rate | 1-30fps (1080p) 1-60fps (720p) |
General | |
Battery | Canon BP-955 (included) Canon BP-975 (optional) |
AV Port(s) |
HD/SD-SDI HDMI 3.5mm stereo headphone monitor XLR (2 channel) 3.5mm mic jack Timecode in/out Genlock Sync out (3D) |
Weight | 3.2lbs/1.45kg (
EF mount) 3.6lbs/1.63kg ( PL mount) |
The EOS C300 is a digital cinema camera in the Cinema EOS range. It was announced by Canon on November 3, 2011. [2]
The camera is offered with the option of Canon EF or Arri PL mounts. It has been available since January 2012. [3]
In September 2015, Canon released an updated version, the Canon EOS C300 Mark II.[ citation needed]
In 2011, the Canon EOS C300 was originally announced with the following characteristics: [4]
Vincent Laforet was given access to a pre-release version of the EOS C300 to shoot the short film Möbius (2011). [6] [7]
In addition, the C300 was used along with Canon EOS DSLRs (such as an infrared-modified Canon EOS 5D Mark II) [8] on the short film When You Find Me (2011), directed by Bryce Dallas Howard and produced by her father Ron Howard. [9] [10]
A Canon EOS C300 was used with a drone to shoot aerial footage on the "small-budget" Kevin Macdonald film How I Live Now (2013). [11]
The 2013 feature film Blue Ruin was shot on a C300. [12]