The Toughest Camera for Cinema, the EOS 1D-C

Reported to cost about $15,000 USD, the EOS 1D-C is a hybrid 35mm full-frame image capturing machine that can take still photographs and record movies at a frame rate of 24P to 60P with super high definition resolution of 4K.

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What is 4K Resolution? No seriously…

4K refers to the horizontal resolution of the camera, which in this case 4K is 4096 X 2160.  Just for reference, the popular tiny GoPro camera and the Canon 5D Mark 2 can film HD video just right below 2K which most of us know as full HD or 1920 X 1080 (or 1080P).

What is the C in EOS 1D-C?

The C stands for cinema, which is a branch for “the” new digital breed of Canon users who specialize in movie making. What makes the EOS 1D-C camera visibly different from the other movie cameras in the Cinema EOS-C line is the fact that the 1D-C is a DSLR camera that looks just like the EOS 1D-X and other Canon cameras in the 1 series. Take a look of the 1D-C from Canon…
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Biggest CMOS Sensor in the C series and Why it Matters!

An important feature that makes the EOS 1D-C really unique from the other movie cameras in the EOS C series is the fact that it has the biggest imaging sensor of them all, which is a 35mm full frame CMOS sensor that the EOS 1DX and the 5D Mark 3 also use.

Having a full frame sensor gives this camera and other cameras with a full-frame sensor a top-class capability to take better images with shallower depth of field and a higher tolerance to darkness with less digital noise than cameras with smaller sensor sizes. In other words, the 1D-C is in theory already better than the C-300 and C-500  EOS cinema cameras… This we need to see.

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If you want to see the rest of the cameras in the Cinema line check this URL out. http://usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/professional_cameras/cinema_eos_cameras

(More about this camera as soon as more word gets out from Canon.)
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