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Canon intros XF305 and XF300 Professional Camcorders

writer April 13, 2010 Digital Camera No Comments


If you are looking for a camcorder, which should not only offer amazing quality of image but also be enshrouded with a broad range of prepossessing attributes, then your wish has been granted. Yes, Canon is now all set to hit the selves with its latest XF305 and XF300 professional camcorders.

Crafted to proffer an amazing user experience, the newly-launched two cameras make the most of an MPEG-2 4:2:2 50Mbps codec, dubbed as Canon XF Codec, for recording and capturing indigenous 1920 x 1080 video on inexpensive, globally present Compact Flash cards. By fusing audio, video and metadata into a standalone file, both the cameras make use of a Material eXchange Format File Wrapper, an extensively-compatible open source format, to take advantage of functionality with non-linear editing systems and available industry infrastructure.

Both the camcorders come embraced with an expedient, independently revolving 4.0-in, 1.23mp LCD monitor, which is effortless to be perched at both the left and right side of the camcorder body, and allows unproblematic watching even when there are difficult shooting positions.

Yuichi Ishizuka, executive VP, GM, Consumer Imaging Group, Canon USA, was quoted to have said that the latest Canon XF305 and XF300 Professional Camcorders provide an amazing quality of image, an extensive range of attributes and flawless addition with file-enabled workflows, at a price that doesn’t hit hard at your pocket. These camcorders offer the production expenditure, convenience and quality, which is being asked by the market of HD video.

Besides, the latest camcorders are also featured with a Genuine Canon 18x HD L-series lens, which boast of proffering the focal-range flexibility. Quite strikingly, every device has been incorporated with 3 Canon native 1920 x 1080 CMOS image sensors and for the for extreme color detail, the latest Canon XF Codec needed exact color-grading, chroma-keying and composition for digital film creation.

Additionally, for refined and enhanced alterations in color and tone, 4:2:2 color sampling touts to produce HDV’s double color resolution and other 4:2:0 formats. Other than this, each model is capable of recording at many resolutions, bit rates and changeable frame rates for fast and slow motion.

The XF305 Professional Camcorder from Canon is to be shipped in late June for $7,999, whereas the XF300 would be rolled out in late June for $6,799.



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