Canon XF300 / XF305 Rig

We've kitted up a Canon XF300 and XF305 rig for shoulder mounting and serious film-making. Canon was nice enough to send us this one to test out our .5 pitch focus gear and we couldn't help falling in love with the camera.

The rig adjusts in every axis, and the counter-balance can be filled to precisely counter the front load.

More info available at http://www.cinevate.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=248

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Film & Animation

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• cinevate
• canon
• canon xf300
• canon xf305

[3dmediaco]

what the price of such thing ? pz anyone know >> just inform me

[Cinevate]

@3dmediaco The Rig is $2689 at Cinevate.com

[jockvideos]

Where can I go to purchase some of the equipment I'd be a happy man to have a set up like that, (during the green screen shooting)

[Cinevate]

@jockvideos You can order online at Cinevate.com or try our dealer page (cinevate.com/findadealer) to see if anyone in your area is carrying our gear!

[cubeproduktion]

what program did you use to do the chroma keying?

[Cinevate]

@cubeproduktion we used Keylight (1.2) in After Effects CS5 to do the keying. 

[jamieandrei]

@charvelgtrs it is 4:2:2 and shoots at 50mbs, the Sonys are 4:2:0 @ 25mbs unless you go straight out at full res to a HDD (extra $500-800)...seems to have a bit more bang for the same price as the Sony NX5 which also has 1/3 chips but at a lower spec. I can't really see the difference myself..

[hummertrish]

thanks for the video loved the green screening

[TVperson1]

@charvelgtrs Well as you can see, it depends on what you want. You want a 16mm film equivalent with DOF, I want very sharp images and 4:2:2 colour space without rolling shutter skewing. I can't stand rolling shutter pans, that's why I didn't buy a GH2.

[charvelgtrs]

@TVperson1

The XF305 probably has less rolling shutter, but it's still not horrible on the FS100, especially compared to HDSLR's. I just think that a $6000 camcorder should at least have a 2/3" sensor.

[TVperson1]

@charvelgtrs Congrats, but I forgot to mention the rolling shutter skew effect, It seems to be less of a problem on the XF300 than the FS100. I don't know how canon managed this, but it's defiantly less of an issue.

[charvelgtrs]

@TVperson1

Sony FS-100. It has an APS-C sensor with true 1080p resolution. It's low-light performance is better than any HDSLR. It can also do in camera slow-motion at 1080p 60fps. It can also accept just about any lens with the right adapter. You also have all the standard video camera features like zebras, focus peaking, manual audio controls and XLR inputs. All this for $4999 body only, or $5499 with the 18-200mm optical zoom lens. The Canon XF305 is over $6000.

[TVperson1]

@charvelgtrs That may be true, but the signal processor doesn't give you a sharp enough image, you're wasting pixels and getting aliases. This is and the EX1R are the only camera that give you true 1080p not that less than 700 line crap that other cameras give us and this camera does it with 1/3 inch Cmos sensors. If you can find a large sensor camera with true 1080 for less than $10,000 I congratulate you. Even the F23 is a 2/3 inch sensor.