I have found that our USA and European readers would prefer “You and your Canon C300″ tutorial video as a download which is now available for £25. The HD download file is 1.52 GB in size and will play on iTunes or your iPad. If you are interested please send me an email to hdwarrior@me.com [...]
My thanks to Alister Chapman for coming up with some CUSTOM PICTURE PROFILES the rest can be downloaded here : http://www.xdcam-user.com/2012/03/set-of-canon-c300-custom-profiles-for-download/
I have used Transcend media for over three years now starting with SxS adapter cards in my Sony EX-3 using 16G class 6 SDHC cards, I was some what surprised when I discovered that Canon uses CF cards. I don’t use over and under cranking so a card with 30MB/s write speed is more than [...]
I have no affiliation with Zacuto and joined the long queue of prospective owners and paid full dollar, so anything you see here is my own honest opinion. Do you need an external EVF for the Canon C300 up to a point no but if you were to film from a high vantage point like [...]
Some people make the mistake and film an interview with an aperture of f1.4-f1.2 which is not recommended see fig 2. Shallow depth of field or Bokeh (blur) is quite often miss used when it comes to interviews, people need breathing space in other words you must allow for some movement of your subject. [...]
I have this bag on order, this is one of the few camera bags that will take the Canon C300 with GenusTech rig fully assembled. The handle and the monitor add to the overall hight. There is still plenty space in the bag for cables etc. KATA OMB-77 arrived today and its perfect. It takes [...]
Just to let you see the Canon C300 with an iPad Prompter the only problem is the height of the lens, its fine if you are at the 55mm end but due to being near the top of the glass it won’t allow wider shots…yet.
A very sharp 50mm lens with a fantastic f1.4 aperture, the crop factor (35mm=75mm) makes it perfect for interviews, this is my stock interview and low light lens. I discovered very early on in the world of shallow depth of field that f1.4 is fine for pac shots but if you do not give your [...]
I know this is basic but you will be amazed how many people buy a camera and especially if you come from a Sony, Panasonic or JVC, how confusing a new cameras menu system can be. When I was looking for this part of the menu I was looking for the words FORMAT as in [...]
If its a sharp wide angle you need they don’t come any wider than the Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens.