The camcorder business has seen better long time , but Canon is test something new with its bizarre - looking XC10 , a 4 K video shooter meant for the discerning picture makers who need something small and herculean , that in no way resembles the dad - cams of yore .
Typically , if you want to shoot in high spirits caliber , cinematic video , you ’d have to go with an interchangeable - lens still photographic camera like thePanasonic GH4or SonyA7s , or lie down big bucks for a larger but more usable rig like the Canon C100 or Sony FS7 . The gap between those options is where the $ 2500 XC10 do in .
Sporting a 1 - inch sensor and fixed f/2.8 - 5/6 lens with a 10x ocular zoom ( 24 - 240 mm full - frame equivalent ) , the XC10 offers a simple , little video choice while retaining the ascendance and ergonomics that become video shooting . DSLR video users have long kick about the many forfeit they make in usability , and this is where the XC10 ill-treat in . It pullulate 4:2:2 8 - bit footage with 12 stops of dynamic range , and the ability to enter in a insipid Canon Log color profile for grading flexibility . In 4 kilobyte it will go up to 30 fps , and in Full HD , 60 Federal Protective Service . There ’s nothing harebrained about those specs , but if it near what we see from the $ 6000 C100 , then we ’re in serious shape as far as figure quality proceed . It also shoot 12 megapixel stills . Everything is salt away on CFast cards , which is kind of a bummer , because those things are expensive . A 32 GB Lexar CFast card is $ 180 . fortunately , the XC10 is packaged with a 64 GB card , which is very prissy !
Observers will surely note the deficiency of a viewfinder on the XC10 , but you may summate one on with an external loupe accessory , which you will have to buy separately . The LCD screen attach to the television camera is touch - enabled , and of grade flips up at 90 degrees . Another lack is that of XLR audio frequency remark , something DSLR telecasting Divine always long for . The XC10 alternatively has a mini - plug mic input , as well as a earpiece jack . But , thank the manufacturer , it does have a build - in ND filter .
Overall , it ’s a very simply gadget . There are n’t tons of physical controls , but it looks there are are just enough for equal mastery over shooting . Canon ’s idea here , again , is to razz that o.k. line of products between the robust professional person and the junior-grade amateur . In my initial judgment , it remove most of the right points .
This camera is certainly not the first consumer - oriented picture photographic camera to shoot 4 cat valium on a 1 - inch sensing element . The Sony AX100 does that . But look at it :
It depend like a twenty class old gadget . When it comes to how a gadget is comprehend by a finnicky market , the difference of opinion is in the details : both the purpose of the Canon XC10 and the eyeglasses shed the image of a typical camcorder that parents take their kids ’ soccer game with . When you reckon at the XC10 , you imagine it being gestate by journalists and indy video - makers . That sensing carry a fortune of weight , and could be enough to wobble the XC10 into the hand of the tastemakers out there .
The XC10 should be devolve in June for $ 2500 .
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