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Canon 50-1000 T5-8.9 Cine Zoom
Today, Canon officially introduces: New Canon Cine-Servo 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 Ultra-Telephoto Zoom Lens with Built-In 1.5x Extender for 35mm digital cine cameras Sports, nature and documentary cinematographers will salivate–here is a lens for 35mm format that could rival long 2/3″ format zooms. At IBC we heard Sue Gibson describing how she uses adapters to fit 2/3″ long lenses on her 35mm… read more…
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Canon C500 & C300 Updates
As Canon celebrates its 80th anniversary and delivery of 100 Million EF lenses, free firmware upgrades were announced for the Cinema EOS C500 4K and C300 cameras, to be released in November. Canon’s 30-inch Canon DP-V3010 4K display gets a new firmware upgrade: support for ITU-R BT.2020 color gamut (Rec. 2020) and ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) color management standard. read more…
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Canon 17-120 T2.9-3.9 w/ Servo Grip
This is Canon’s first 35mm zoom lens with servo handgrip for documentary, handheld or ENG. Canon’s 17-120 mm T2.9-3.9 zoom seems impossibly small for a lens that can deliver superb image quality with so much range. The servo focus/iris/zoom handgrip detaches with 3 screws. When re-installed, there’s no need for manual re-alignment. I tried out a prototype 17-120 at AbelCine… read more…
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Canon C300 AF Upgrade
First Canon introduced CMOS dual pixel phase-detection autofocus on its EOS 70D Digital SLR camera. Then it was announced as an upgrade for the C100. Now, continuous autofocus will be available as an upgrade on the EOS C300 with Canon autofocus lenses. Dual Pixel CMOS AF works like this. All the available imaging pixels work both for imaging and phase-detection at… read more…
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Canon C100 Dual Pixel Autofocus
Beginning February 2014, Canon EOS C100 cameras will autofocus continuously and twice as fast with Canon’s entire line of EF lenses. The optional upgrade will cost $500.00 (plus shipping and handling) when you send your C100 camera body to a Canon service center. Who knew (besides Canon’s technical team) that the C100, C300 and C500 had dual pixel CMOS sensors?… read more…
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Canon 4K Reference Monitor
Canon demonstrated the new DP-V3010 4K Reference Monitor in their 4K theater at Tokyo Headquarters today. It’s a 30-inch 4K IPS LCD flat panel display with the jaw-dropping ability to exactly match its mates on set, in grading suites around the world, as well as simultaneously running projectors and monitors. Anyone grumbling about the $40,000 list price will quickly be mollified by the stunning fact… read more…
Canon Project Imaginat10n
Canon U.S.A. hosted the premiere of their 2013 “Project Imaginat10n” Film Festival, at Lincoln Center yesterday. The ten films were introduced by Canon’s Michelle Fernandez, Ron Howard, and the ten directors: Jamie Foxx – “…And She Was My Eve” Eva Longoria – “Out of the Blue” Georgina Chapman – “A Dream of Flying” James Murphy – “Little Duck” Biz Stone… read more…
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Sophia Loren, Edoardo Ponti, Rodrigo Prieto, Canon C500 Cover Story
Here’s a preview of the cover story from FDTimes Issue 55-56, going to press today and ready for opening day of IBC on Sept 13. We went on location in June to follow “The Human Voice,” starring Sophia Loren and directed by Edoardo Ponti in Rome and Naples. Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC shot this short subject with Canon C500 cameras in 2K. There are enough interviews, technical essays and workflow diagrams–from camera to tent and beyond–to keep you occupied until the full 96-page September issue goes live on Sept. 13. read more…
“The Human Voice” starring Sophia Loren – Naples Production Stills
[new_royalslider id=”7″] Here’s a slideshow of production stills from Naples, on the short film production of “The Human Voice.” Starring Sophia Loren, directed by Edoardo Ponti, cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC. From the 1930 play by Jean Cocteau, about a woman’s break-up and breakdown. Her lover calls on the telephone to announce that he is going to marry another… read more…
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Sophia Loren, Edoardo Ponti, Rodrigo Prieto and Canon C500 in Rome
Sophia Loren stars in “Human Voice,” based on the play “La Voix Humaine” by Jean Cocteau. The 25-minute short is being directed here in Rome and Naples by Edoardo Ponti. Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC is the Cinematographer. The interesting news for FDTimes readers may be the Canon C500 cameras with Codex Onboard S Plus Recorders being used on this production. They are… read more…
Canon C300 Cameras win Cannes
Canon C300 Cameras shot the Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or winner, Blue is the Warmest Color (La Vie d’Adèle). Two cameras were provided by PhotoCineRent in Paris. Because production lasted 4 or 5 months, the cameras were purchased by the producers instead of rented. The cameras came with Canon mounts, and files were recorded internally to CF cards. Two Angénieux 28-76 mm Optimo zooms were… read more…
Canon Service Center NY
Canon U.S.A., Inc. opens a service and support center in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey–across the George Washington Bridge from New York City. The repair center includes Canon’s advanced calibration equipment, spare parts, and an experienced repair staff. The new facility is available exclusively for Platinum and Gold level members of Canon’s Professional Services (CPS) program, including owners of Cinema EOS… read more…
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AbelCine’s Canon Charts
AbelCine has posted wonderfully graphic, helpful charts of the current Canon line of Cinema Lenses and Cameras. read more…
Canon EF 24-70, 35 mm
Canon has two new still lenses: EF 24-70 mm f/4L IS USM and EF 35 mm f/2 IS USM. They cover the full-frame (24 x 36 mm) still format–good for cameras like 5D, 6D, etc. The EF 24-70mm f/4 focuses to macro at the long end of the zoom and has image stabilization. The EF 35 mm f/2 has image stabilization…. read more…
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Canon Cinema EOS Lens Charts
A well-respected rental house manager called today in a huff. And in a hurry. “You announce cameras and lenses that won’t be available for 3 to 6 months. My clients can’t wait. They’re ready to shoot now. I need more lenses.” Like a new iPhone or iPad, new models are inevitable and inevitably arriving faster, sooner. Can you afford to… read more…
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Photokina 2012 Review and Slideshow
Photokina took place in Cologne from September 18-23. The theme, for me, was full-frame format: 24 x 36 mm, some in bodies lighter and smaller than their APS-C predecessors. Leica introduced the new M, with Leica-designed 24-megapixel CMOS sensor, live view, HD video and compatibility with all previous M rangefinder lenses. Canon’s new 6D has a 20.2 megapixel CMOS sensor…. read more…
Canon EOS M
APS-C and 35mm cine formats are both similar in size. Perhaps 118 years of exposure and acclimatization to a 22 x 16 mm aperture has instilled a sensibility satisfied by familiar depth of field and look. Which may be why Canon’s new EOS M pocket point-and-shoot is APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm). (By the way, 35mm Super35 is 24.9 x 18.66 mm.)… read more…
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Canon C300 Simulator
Canon’s Cinema EOS C300 Menu Simulator is a free online interactive tool. It’s not an App–it’s a live internet interactive set of training wheels for your C300 camera . It works on almost any computer or tablet with a mouse, trackpad, or keyboard arrow keys. On the iPad, it responds to your touch. read more…
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Codex Onboard S, 4K M Recorder, Vault
From Codex: new compact Codex Onboard S Recorder, 4K RAW Recording for Canon C500 with Onboard M Recorder, “4K 4 Cities” Film, Codex Vault read more…
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Canon EOS C300 Best Practices Guide
Canon has just posted a 14-page Guide “Common Steps to Prep the EOS C300 for Shooting.” It’s a helpful companion to the C300 product manual, and a quick reference guide on location or on set. For example, when you can’t remember how to set Canon Log–here’s an excerpt: The EOS C300 and C300PL can record video files using “Canon Log”… read more…
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