Friday
Nov042011
Dollars to Datarates
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 11:45AM NoFilmSchool has an insightful analysis of the perceived vs. actual price difference between the Canon C300 and the Red Scarlet X.
For all intents and purposes, both of these cameras are $16k (without lenses), and both of them are shipping in 2012.
Reader Comments (4)
Factor in the cost of Qty 2 of almost everything - Having 2 cameras is more or less a necessity for narrative filmmaking involving any subject that speaks.
Only for those with deep pockets, since yes, more than one camera necessity on a feature unless you like playing with fire.
Plus these are far beyond the rebels that shot with VX1000, DVX's, HVXs, and HDSLRs. The The $5000 and under cam is what is going to change a whole marketplace - like the DVX and 5D/7D.
These announcements are not that interesting to me. But the the EOS-1D X is though it seems completely forgotten right now. A fraction of the price of these two despite being the top still camera spec'd in the world with the critical video fixes (moire, aliasing, rolling shutter) addressed.
And, those features coming to the 7D/5D new models as well. To me, it still about when a good camera is the price of a good typewriter, or good set of paints and canvases, or a good Gibson guitar. That's when it's nothing but just a really good tool for artists, accessible and available to average working people.
A $20,000+ shooting setup is for people with enough money already to rent an Epic or shoot on 35mm. That does not change anything really - it's just a nice camera with better features. Neither of these announcements are ground-breaking or hype worthy as I see it.
"And, those features coming to the 7D/5D new models as well."
I wouldn't be so sure. We've already seen Canon cripping a product to protect their more expensive offering (1DX, C300, clean HDMI out), so it wouldn't surprise me to see Canon saying "these nice codecs are for the pros, anything below the 1DX stays 4:2:0 H.264 at 24Mbps" (17Mbps if we are very unlucky)
which would suck big time
that super-duper Digic DV III that powers the C300, XF300, etc, can also be found on the $800 HF200 consumer camcorder, which, guess what, only shoots 4:2:0 H.264 at 24Mbps
I'm on the brink of buying my first lens that would work on Canon but not on Sony or Nikon (all the previous ones are Leitz vintage), and this fear is making it a surprisingly difficult step
Well, unless Canon changes their pattern on video in DSLRs, the video features will likely be pretty similar from model to model as they have with all previous models. I would be shocked in the new 5D/7D versions, which will be CF media like 1DX don't get the codec features.