Days ahead of NAB 2019, Canon expands its XA line of professional camcorders with three new models. Also, Canon just announced two new entry-level 4K LEGRIA camcorders. Let’s take a look at these new camcorders. Canon XA40, XA50 and XA55 The XA40 is the most compact camcorder of the three and features a1/2.3-type sensor with a 20x Optical Zoom. Both the XA50 and XA55 feature a 1.0-type sensor, Dual Pixel CMOS AF and 15x Optical Zoom with Super UD elements (Ultra-Low Dispersion). Also, the XA55 model is equipped with a 3G-SDI out port. All models include the new DIGIC DV6 image processor as well as the very neat 5-axis image stabilization. Part of all three XA cameras is the Dual Pixel Autofocus technology with Face Detection AF, Face-priority AF, Face only AF and touch tracking AF. Also, a Dual Pixel Focus Guide provides a graphical user interface to help with manual focusing, like on the Canon C200 and C300 Mark II. The new XA40, XA50 and XA55 records to dual SD cards for backup and relay recording. In terms of recording formats, the XA40 only supports MP4 in 4K UHD at 25P at 150Mbps and Full HD at 50P/25P at 35Mbps/17Mbps. A continuous Slow and Fast motion recording mode is available in both UHD, and Full HD with a claimed “maximum speed of 1200x”, most certainly with a very low quality at such a high speed. The XA50 and XA55 give you a bit more options and supports recordings in XF-AVC and MP4 up to...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 2 April, 2019