{"id":26251,"date":"2012-01-11T16:45:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T08:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=26251"},"modified":"2012-01-20T23:33:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T15:33:07","slug":"first-encounter-with-canon-cinema-eos-c300-and-vincent-laforet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/first-encounter-with-canon-cinema-eos-c300-and-vincent-laforet\/","title":{"rendered":"First Encounter with Canon Cinema EOS C300 and Vincent Laforet (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Canon, I was invited to Cinema EOS – South East Asia Tour 2012 featuring the renowned Vincent Laforet. He is the person that opens my mind about filming on DSLR with his short film, Reverie<\/a>. The event was held at GVmax at Vivocity (on 7th January). We were able to get some hands on on the C300 before main crowd arrives.<\/p>\n

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In the picture above, the C300 (PL Mount) looks like a beast. However, if you have seen those used by film makers, this is like a baby but with great potential.<\/p>\n

A close up of the lens.<\/p>\n

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There are two types of mount for Canon Cinema EOS C300. They have EF mount and the PL mount. Most DSLR users will be familiar with EF mounts. Surprisingly, C300 with EF mount can accept EF or EF-S lenses without any conversion kit\/jig needed.<\/p>\n

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Here is a picture of the C300 in EF mount.<\/p>\n

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Here is another view<\/p>\n

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Canon has a range of lenses for the Cinema EOS camera.<\/p>\n

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Do you know that C300 has 2 CF card slots? They can be configured so that the 2nd slot is a redundancy slot (copying the same data in case the CF card fails).<\/p>\n

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And on its side, it has a SD card slot for film makers\/directors to allow the transfer of settings from one unit to another easily.<\/p>\n

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The C300 also allows external Hard Disk via the HD\/SD SDI<\/a> (Serial Digital Interface) port.<\/p>\n

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And here is a picture of of the buttons on the side of the C300.<\/p>\n

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In the demo unit, they connected an external display on top of the C300.<\/p>\n

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A closer look at those buttons.<\/p>\n

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The C300 has a large battery and good thing is that it has a battery power checker built in.<\/p>\n

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I did a short video on this Canon Cinema EOS C300.<\/p>\n