Canon confirms September 24, 2020 announcement for the Canon Cinema EOS C70
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LOL... really! We can’t judge anything till we see results on both.
Sony is far from reliable and their menu system is horrid. Can’t beat a button for everything on Canon’s side.
IBIS in Sony full frame is not reliable for video tho they have their APSC line done right.
No one can judge low light yet.. who has better noise, iso, sharpness, image cadence... we’ll have to see.
Canon offers proper audio, built in ND and the possibility of future in body CanonRaw Lite.
I could go on but I will say this... there is only one of these cameras that you can pickup and shot with immediately and thats the canon. I would rather compared the c70 to Sony’s new camera coming out like the FX6... if all you do is video, get a video camera. You’ll wonder why you ever used a hybrid to begin with.
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Few thoughts based on various earlier comments:
it’s the C300 Mk 3 sensor. CR established this a few weeks ago with the initial rumor. It almost 100% will NOT have IBIS. The C300-3 doesnt. Neither will this. This is a C300-3 sensor plug and play In a smaller HALF PRICE body.
Comparing usage of $6200 pro Cinema body to a consumer hybrid Is a bit folly. NDs and proper audio with pro mic preamps and other such functions are crucial. The Alpha has no such things.
and this is still a Super 35 sensor. Not a FF. Im looking forward to this thing and also what it’s going to do to the C200 price. It will probably hit $4500 retail.
it’s the C300 Mk 3 sensor. CR established this a few weeks ago with the initial rumor. It almost 100% will NOT have IBIS. The C300-3 doesnt. Neither will this. This is a C300-3 sensor plug and play In a smaller HALF PRICE body.
Comparing usage of $6200 pro Cinema body to a consumer hybrid Is a bit folly. NDs and proper audio with pro mic preamps and other such functions are crucial. The Alpha has no such things.
and this is still a Super 35 sensor. Not a FF. Im looking forward to this thing and also what it’s going to do to the C200 price. It will probably hit $4500 retail.
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Ah okay, jeah on this level of quality its certainly true.Impressive stuff your company does btw
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This company is WHY I know about the developments in full RGB nightvision quite surpassing the Sony A7 s2/s3 cameras. The X27 is a commercially available product while the 50 micron photosite sensor we make is internal-only. BOTH cameras look like daylight even at Midnight but the 50 microns per photosite sensor we make has much less thermal and electrical noise so the image looks much clearer than the X27. In fact, I would say is it very similar to what a Canon 1Dx2 has noise-wise at ISO-6400 at Sunset. (i.e. darn good noise floor!). It is DCI 4K resolution too at up to 60 fps!
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Have to agree on this. I’ve never seen another camera shoot in low light as well as the A7SII. Even a ton of the Netflix Earth at Night series was filmed with them and looks fantastic. I keep on in my bag for such scenarios as a complement to my C300ii and 5div. Color marching is a pain, but when the sun is gone, that A7SII can be a true shot saver.
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Sounds awesome. And for those with deep pockets definitely some great tools. I think the point was that for most of us having a relatively cheap tool with really decent low light filming capabilities is very convenient.
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I’m not judging. I’m speculating. Based on history, and comparable existing products. Nothing wrong with that.
Also, like I explained ok my previous post, this question/debate is not about the butting on the side of the camera. It’s not about sound or anything like that either.
It’s PURELY about imagine quality. Not about the process of the producing the image, such as saying things like one has ND the other one you have to screw it on as an extra cost ..... just the IMAGE QUALITY.
TRying to be as objective as possible, which will have a nice image is most run and gun scenarios ? The a7siii, or the c70/c300iii?
As simple as that. The image quality only. Nothing else.
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A7S III and whatever cinema camera is not the same thing and you cannot compare them at all! As I said two different markets. A7S is a hybrid camera that does the job for ppl who are looking one system that takes stills and video at the same time and that's why there are compromises with these bodies. Built-in NDs, waveform, false color, ergonomics, no heat issues, XLRs and many other things separate completely a cinema camera from a hybrid camera. But ppl expect to get all this in one package! It cannot... how simple is that?
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I hope you can understand that it's not the a7s's sensor that is superior in low light against cinema cameras BUT that there is huge noise reduction implementation that takes all that noise along with color information also. That's why when you expose a lot of under or over you see all this banding from hybrid cameras. That's not the case in cinema cameras. Of course you need lights when you do a professional shooting but if you assume that is the same against an a7s then Big productions would not using expensive cameras.
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Where is it written that “Pro” cinema cameras need to have built in ND and XLR? I’m seeing many quote these as the signature of a pro body. Does Komodo have these? Not at all... How about the top of the line Red Monstro 8K? Nope... Arri Alexa LF? No built in ND, but has an XLR.
I think that the C70 can and will be compared to hybrid bodies. The price is close enough. The small format is there. And for many hybrid shooters it’s more size that drives the decision.
I think that the C70 can and will be compared to hybrid bodies. The price is close enough. The small format is there. And for many hybrid shooters it’s more size that drives the decision.
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Hi Stev. I haven’t shot with either camera yet, but I’m sure that by early next year I’ll most likely have all three incorporated into my shooting. But I’m almost positive based off my current experience shooting with the A7S2 and C300II regularly that I will prefer the look from the C3003 sensor over the A7S3 and it will have a better image quality with less banding/artifacts as the need for dynamic range increases in uncontrolled lighting situations. But In low light situations I’ll definitely choose the A7S3. This is speculation, but as soon as these cameras become available I’ll go ahead and rent them for a test shoot and post my results and share my thoughts on it.
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That's because RED makes separate audio modules they want you to drop an extra $3000 - $4500 on to attach to the brain. For example, To get what you have in a $16K Canon C-500-2, you have to drop about $45,000 into a full Red kit. Carlos Quintero did a GREAT youtube video on comparing the real cost of ownership of these cameras.
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Then, the Sony A7S3 is a perfectly fine camera for low-light situations. If it helps, Sigma is selling their
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If you take out the IR filter (Infrared) on the Sony cameras, you use a BIG IR flashlight and bath your night field shoots in wide-field infrared light in order to better capture the nocturnal animals such as mountain lions, racoons, Sasquatch, Windigo, etc. I notice the Sigma series lenses seem to allow a lot more IR light pass-through than an equivalent Canon L-series lens. The glass on most FF lenses STILL stop a lot of infrared light BUT taking out any camera's IR filter lets you see much more at night when bathing your night time area of interest with a BIG wide-field IR flashlight.
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As another suggestion, I have also used the Canon M5 mated with some older 1980's era cine-modded ZEISS Nocto glass (f/0.95) to ALSO get astounding night imagery at decent prices. At $999 USD, the Canon M5 camera is no slouch when it comes to night imagery. Even though it has an APS-C sensor, the older cine-modded f/0.95 Zeiss glass mated to a Canon M5 camera more than makes up by giving you a 1.5 stops advantage over the Nikon D850 or the Fuji XT-4 at 40% to 70% cheaper prices!
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of course you can't compare the cameras. but someone simply asked about low light/ high iso performance. this isn't about how the camera is used, or professional or not, or cinema usage or not. its just comparing sensors. has little to do what what one can do with teh camera. i just responded to someone's question. you need to take a chill pill haha
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