Canon C300 Video Camera Launch!

Hello I am back again. Let's cut the crap and get to the main highlights!

Thanks to Songwen I had the chance to experience the launch of Canon's latest industry video camera, the epic C300.

That is Vincent Laforet giving his speech, Mr. Laforet is a famous French American photographer based in New York. He shoots for Life, National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair.  Check out his official website here: Laforet Visuals

Basically, Canon took principles of the 5D DSLR and developed it into a proper movie camera. The sensor is a conservative 8.3MP, and it records 1080p video in each of the three color channels. These pixels are big, for good low-light performance, and the movies are recorded to standard CF cards.

C300 records in the open-source MXF (Material eXchange Format), can capture compressed MPEG2 Full HD, uses 4:2:2 color sampling and hooks up with all manner of movie accessories.
OKKKKKKKKKKKKK enough all this technical stuff.

Check out Vincent Laforet's short film here: Mobius

Leave it to load a while, and come back to watch later.

I have never seen such crisp clarity and details on the cinema screen before. It totally blew my mind!

How they mounted the C300

Some behind the scenes stills!

I am surprised  at the amount(little) people who worked on this short film, and most of all they didn't need much light for filming in the darkest places, the ISO could be set to 20,000 and the best part is the video did not come out to be like the bad noisy photos shot on a DSLR, in fact it looks like very fine film grains which you see on some indie films. This short film only took 3days to complete!!!

This beam of light is produced by...beams of light look below!

Two moons, one created by beams of light, shine during tribute at Ground Zero, 2003. You could buy the print on The New York Time Store: Two Moons

Bad power failure which affected Eastern USA and Canada, during sometime in 14 August 2003. 38 years later after a very bad power failure in 1965.

My favorite photo! Looks like toy models made behind Mr. Laforet's backyard. Private air planes of millionaires!

Applications Vincent Laforet has on his iPhone! Download it all now!

Other ways of mounting!

XXIT, a shortfilm made by the people of Stargate

Small, compact very portable. Easy filming in small narrow spaces!

Btw this baby here cost $20,000.

For the performance and such for the amount it is totally worth it!

I'm ending this blog post with a photo of Vincent Laforet and me!

I am so unglam...you know I have my days of being an otaku alright.

Ciao people be back soon!