http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/ Engadget Comments for Canon debuts XF305, XF300 pro camcorders with direct-to-CF recording http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
These models new have 24P, but their XH Series, HDV camcorders had 24F, whatever that means. 24F was Canon's smoke and mirrors marketing, but they are still decent camcorders. Canon has a product that competes feature to feature with Panasonic's AVX2000, a 5 years after it was introduced.

I'll be psyched if Canon decides to fuse the XH A1S with the 5D. ]]>Apr 8th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/3 things:
1) AVX2000? Sony had a camera called the VX2000, and Panasonic has a camera called the HVX200, but in almost all ways, both are actually spec-wise inferior these Canons. The HVX, while it is an excellent camera, uses pixel shifting to up-res an image from a 720 block, and only does a decent job of it. The Digic DV Processors are the very thing that made cameras like the XH-A1 so fantastic, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say this one will be no different.
2) "24F" was actually not "smoke and mirrors marketing." If you'd ever worked with an XH-A1, you would know it is a HDV form of native 24p, and when you import into Final Cut, it is native 23.976.
3) Canon won't merge the XH-A1 with the 5D, because they don't want to kill their camcorder lines. The 5D is a hack cam, designed for photo, not video. The lack of decent audio, lack of servo zoom and the 12 minute cap on record time gimp the hell out of it for most production settings. You can bet they have a decent hybrid prepping for release, but they'll only drop that bomb if competition forces it. ]]>Apr 8th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
At least in the Panasonic cameras the SD slots are used to store custom presets and such. So maybe it's the same thing here.]]>Apr 8th 2010 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/A 422 50mbps codec would put it on a par with Panasonic's new AVC-I camera I assume.]]>Apr 8th 2010 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
My only problem is I bet it is 1/3" based, if it had 1/2" sensors like the EX range they would have it in the press release, the lack of information pretty much tells the storey on that one....]]>Apr 8th 2010 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Yeah, found that out too. I wonder how it compares to AVC-i? I'm guessing the dynamic range of AVC-i is a lot greater... We're looking to upgrade our studio camera and we need as much colour info as possible.]]>Apr 8th 2010 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
Canon already has been in this market for a bit]]>Apr 8th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/No, this is the scope for the AK-47!]]>Apr 8th 2010 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
Nope no ak.47, and it does not even run Crysis as well :(]]>Apr 8th 2010 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
zing. wikileaks?]]>Apr 8th 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/lol nice :)]]>Apr 8th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
Maybe you haven't used this class of camcorder before but you can do some great stuff with them. There are also dslr lens adapters that you can use with them.Many more things are filmed with camcorders like these than you think]]>Apr 8th 2010 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/]]>Apr 8th 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
But, if you're looking for a more economical solution, go with the XH A1s and add a Sony HVR-MRC1 Compact Flash recording unit. Total is about $4k for that solution. Granted it's still HDV, but you can record to CF, MiniDV or both. Recording to both gives you the file based solution for immediate ingestion into your NLE but having the tape is good for archival purposes.

Anyway, I'm excited about this. Great looking cams and file based workflow is definitely the way to go.]]>Apr 8th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 8th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/
nice]]>Apr 8th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/canon-debuts-xf305-xf300-pro-camcorders-with-direct-to-cf-recor/Apr 9th 2010 3:11AM