Canon EOS C300

ionescu 22 Jan 2012 15:22

I think we should all put money, hire a group of young hardware enthusiasts to build us a full frame camera. There are various sources for sensors and accompanying electronics. I know at least two such projects, one of them being Apertus. The only problem si that they are using a small size sensor.

K7335 27 Jan 2012 16:13

'Full frame' on a video camera isn't necessarily always an advantage. Crop sensors are actually a lot closer to 35mm cine frame size (remember cine cameras pass film through from top to bottom exposing 'vertical' frames.

ionescu 27 Jan 2012 20:31

You are partially right: a bigger sensor it is not an advantage in terms of similarity/resemblance but has certain advantages such as gathering more light and a shallower depth of field. On the other hand, a smaller sensor requires smaller lens that is cheaper.

K7335 27 Jan 2012 21:11

shallow depth of field is not always an advantage either. You don't always want a shallow depth of field but may be stuck with it and the difficulties in focussing it entails. Arguable because of a larger sensor's better low light capabilities you may be able to negate that problem by being able to stop down a bit more.
A big disadvantage of cropped sensor is shopping for wide angles

ionescu 28 Jan 2012 02:58

For a long focal lens, yes, shallower depth of field becomes a problem. It is the wider range of lens(mostly under 24mm) that benefits.

danielschweinert 28 Jan 2012 11:39

Saw this a couple of days ago on another forum:
http://blog.planet5d.com/2012/01/canon-applies-for-patent-on-raw-video/

LUXORPYRAMID 28 Jan 2012 16:34

That link reported a "dangerous content". My virus detector had to clean my computer. Daniels check your computer.

ionescu 28 Jan 2012 18:33

LUXORPYRAMID, I had no problems viewing that link nor before nor after your post.

danielschweinert 28 Jan 2012 19:06

@LUXORPYRAMID Thanks, here's everything okay. Link works without any error. It will take you to the well known planet5D blog.

LUXORPYRAMID 28 Jan 2012 19:27

This is what Microsoft Security Essentials detected, blocked and removed:
Exploit:JS/Blacole.AO
Alert Level: Severe