The Canon C300 Mark III is a powerful little cinema camera that’s been getting a lot of attention since its release.
Canon has been on a kick lately releasing new cinema cameras. In December 2019, the C500 Mark II was released and soon followed by the C300 Mark III earlier this year. Before Canon announces their latest cinema camera tomorrow, here’s another look at that wonderful C300 Mark III.
In this in-depth review from Damien Cooper for Monkeypixels, he assesses the camera’s design, image quality, recording options, autofocus, and more from a working professional’s perspective. Alongside his critique, there’s plenty of great sample footage shot with the Canon C300 Mark III to dig into.
In Cooper’s opinion, the C300 Mark III has many features that benefit his commercial work including 4K 120p Canon RAW Light recording, excellent image quality and dynamic range, and for the most part a well designed build. Check out the full review above for all of his positives and negatives when it comes to this powerhouse cinema camera.
If you’ve used the Canon C300 Mark III, let us know your opinions in the comments below. Do you wish that this camera featured the RF mount instead of EF? I guess we’ll find out tomorrow if Canon is ready to start embracing that future in their cinema line.
We took our ARRI Alexa Mini out for a spin on the Freefly Movi Pro in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. Check out the test footage filmed in 4k in the YouTube link. We recorded ProRes 4444 in camera at 3.2K and upscaled to 4K in post. Let us know what you think about the footage from the Alexa Mini paired with the Movi Pro.
Buy Canon EOS C300 Mark III Digital Cinema Camera Body (EF Lens Mount) featuring Super 35mm Dual Gain Output (DGO) Sensor, 4K 120p, 2K Crop 180p HDR, Cinema RAW Light and XF-AVC H.264 Codec, EF Lens Mount, DIG!C DV7 Image Processor, Dual Pixel CMOS AF and Face Detection, LM-V2 4.3' LCD Touchscreen Monitor, 12G-SDI and 4-Channel Audio Recording, 2 x CFexpress Slots, Canon Log2 and 3, Electronic. It guides you through the process of converting C300 MK II 4K XF-AVC MXF files to ProRes/DNxHD codec for use in DaVinci Resolve with optimum performance. Together with the two new cameras Canon EOS C300 Mark II and XC10, Canon has introduced a new video format for the 4K, 2K and HD Recording, XF-AVC. It uses compression MPEG-4 AVC / H.264. Downloaded sample #2. In FCP X the file is clipping at 80 on the IRE scale. It happens throughout the video as you change aperture settings. Wonder if that’s normal or if something was set wrong when shooting. C300 C-log footage doesn’t clip until about 110/115. If normal then maybe it’s the difference in dynamic between C300 and 1DC? Just random test footage of Canon C300 Mark II. First time shooting with this incredible cinema camera. Enjoy in 4K!By GROFilm 2016Music by NCS Miko - Phanto. The 1D Mark IV was shot using the Cinestyle picture profile, the C300 using Canon Log, and the F3 using the 'basic' setting (not S-log). There was a bit of color correction applied. I must say I like the C300's look, but I still have a hard time believing the 8-bit codec yields the maximum amount of flexibility in post-production.
If you’d like to see our full Movi Pro review with the ARRI Alexa Mini, please check it out here: https://filmjams.wpengine.com/2018/05/22/movi-pro-arri-alexa-mini/
Thanks for watching the ARRI Alexa Mini Test Footage in 4K filmed on the MoVI Pro Camera Gimbal – part of our Film Jams series!
Here’s the equipment we used to film this video:
Cameras:
-ARRI Alexa Mini (Movi Pro Sample footage)
-Canon C300 (Studio shots)
-Sony A7sII (BTS downtown) – https://amzn.to/2s6L3kC
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Lenses:
-Canon 24mm CN-E Cinema Prime (Movi Pro shots): https://amzn.to/2LQLWGo
-Canon 24-105 F4 L (Studio shots): https://amzn.to/2HbAVM3
-Canon 16-35 f2.8L II (BTS in downtown on A7sII): https://amzn.to/2spOzqr
Tripods and Camera Support:
-Movi Pro: https://amzn.to/2J8R4XN
-Ready Rig: https://amzn.to/2s9GOop
-Sachtler Tripod (studio): https://amzn.to/2kHYkvG
Lighting:
Kino Flo 4′ 4Banks (Studio shots)
Altman Specta 100 Cyc Lights (studio cyc lights)
Litepanel Astra (6x) Bi-Color (Downtown night scenes): https://amzn.to/2s8aBhc
Monitor:
SmallHD 502: https://amzn.to/2Lud4e9
Batteries:
Anton Bauer Cine 150 (V-mounts): https://amzn.to/2LvOGZj
Movi Pro Batteries: https://amzn.to/2KWmFcx
Movi Pro Battery charger: https://amzn.to/2KSmSNQ
Microphones:
Sennheiser 416: https://amzn.to/2KQhevq
Sennheiser MKE600: https://amzn.to/2H95KRL
Media Cards:
Sony SD Card (for A7Sii): https://amzn.to/2J8h9mt
Compact Flash Card (for C300): https://amzn.to/2LKCeoV
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Filmed on location at: www.LitewaveMedia.com in St. Petersburg, FL and downtown St. Petersburg for the Alexa Mini and Movi Pro test footage.
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