Canon EOS C300 Mark II CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M
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- Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 1
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to C300 Mark II Abstract The original EOS C300 digital cine camcorder EOS C300 was a major statement by Canon that it was formally entering the global digital cinematography marketplace while at the same time introducing a radical departure from mechanical form factors of contemporary cine cameras - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 3
Mark II and the C300 The original EOS C300 was physically tailored to be very compact and lightweight and has a form factor optimized for handheld shooting Figure 2 Conveying a sense of the size and form factor of the original C300 cine camcorder As can be seen from Figure 3 the new C300 Mark II - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 4
cine camcorder. From an extensive reporting - suffused with many recommendations and suggestions - we collated an impressive listing of improvements that underlay the mechanical design of the second generation C300 Mark II. The new C300 Mark II uses a die-cast inner structure to support the - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 5
gleaned from the EOS C300 camcorder exposed the hard reality that accidental physical shocks - as incurred when lens-camera systems fall the lens or camera imaging system (or both). Innovative mechanical design strategies have been introduced into the EOS C300 Mark II to ameliorate the - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 6
2.4 Choice of Lens Mount The EOS C300 Mark II is delivered with a standard Canon EF mount. This mount can be removed (at a Canon service center) and be replaced by a choice of the standard PL mount or an alternative EF mount that has a positive locking system. Figure 7 Showing the available - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 7
Enhancements Incorporated into the C300 Mark II An extensive three year sustained dialog with countless end-users of the first generation EOS C300 produced a wide-ranging litany of requests and recommendations for operational enhancements in a second generation cine camcorder system. They centered - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 8
into the image sensor. Figure 11 On the left is shown the switchable ND bayonet system of the EOS C300 and on the right the new dual rotary turret system incorporated into the EOS C300 Mark II This very wide range of ND filters allows great latitude in setting both camera ISO and lens - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 9
Dual Pixel Focus Guide The Super 35mm single sensor digital cine camera C300 Mark II, Canon is introducing to the industry an empowerment to the manual focus control action that offers an innovative solution to the dilemma of uncertainty in focus accuracy. The CMOS image sensor developed by Canon - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 10
line boundary shown). The lower illustration shows the guide cursor detail which uses three arrows to indicate the direction to rotate place within the CMOS image sensor photosites encompassed by that cursor thus phase detection used is very similar to that described in an earlier Canon paper on an - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 11
totally support the longestablished craftsmanship of the cinematographer whose manual control of focusing actions is an essential part of the creativity embodied in so many scenes. It is anticipated that the excellent imaging and recording capabilities of the C300 Mark II will see this camera used - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 12
in combination with Dual Pixel CMOS AF is a powerful new creative tool for certain forms of digital motion image production 3.5 EF Lens Communication with C300 Mark II The more than one hundred standard Canon EF lenses have a direct electronic communication with the C300 Mark II camera. Figure 16 - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 13
of Focusing The addition of wireless file-transmitter (WFT-E6A) enables the EOS C300 Mark II to function in multiple production applications. Utilizing dual 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz frequencies, remote control of the camera via a simple browser window is now possible via a compatible smartphone, tablet, or - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 14
settings (presently shown only on the 4-inch LCD monitor of the C300) on an external on-set reference monitor as well as in the camera monitor. In the C300 Mark II the capability has been added to send the WFM and certain camera assist information via the MON 3G SDI interface and HDMI interface - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 15
to the ACES 1.0 system 4.0 SUMMARY While the original EOS C300 and the new EOS C300 Mark II bear a close physical resemblance to each other the differences between them are striking in multiple respects. A primary design goal in the new camcorder was to implement as many as possible of the wide - Canon EOS C300 Mark II | CINEMA RAW DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.4 M - Page 16
Image Performance Enhancements in the EOS C300 Mark II [2] Canon White Paper: Extended Recording Capabilities of the EOS C300 Mark II [3] Auto-Focus System for HDTV Field Lenses Laurence J. Thorpe, Yasuyuki Tomita, and Ken Ito SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal March 2008: Pages 22 - 29 [4] Specification