Today Canon releases the Canon XF705, their new 1″-sensor camcorder, headlining features like 4k 50p internal capture, HDR-capability and a new file format. The Canon XF705 relieves the Canon XF405 as Canon’s new flagship broadcast camcorder, with 4:2:2 internal capture to SD-cards, Canon’s signature Dual Pixel AF as well as a 15x stabilised fixed zoom lens. Time to find out more. The Same but Better Basically, the Canon XF705 seems to offer most of everything the Canon XF405 had to offer and then some more. It still features 4k 50p/60p capture, the same 25.5mm to 382.5mm equiv. F2.8 – 4.5, 15x optical (probably 30x digital) zoom lens and the DIGIC DV6 processor, handling the output from the 1″ CMOS sensor. Canon’s reliable Dual Pixel AF (active or indicative) is still on board and so are two XLR-inputs in the handle and a touch-capable display, that can be folded away into the handle. The camcorder has an internal ND filter, two SD card slots and uses Canon BP style batteries. So what is new? The biggest improvements are found in the software. The Canon XF705 now offers internal 10bit 4:2:2 capture to SD cards even in 4k 50p. This is made possible by the new codec included in the camcorder, called XF-HEVC. In simple terms, XF-HEVC uses H.265 compression in tandem with the widely used MXF, as a container format. This format has to be highly efficient to allow the processing necessary for high-res, -bit-rate and -frame-rate shooting, even with the same processor...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 12 September, 2018