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Best Practices Guide

COMMON STEPS TO PREP
THE EOS C300 FOR SHOOTING

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Page 1: ...Best Practices Guide COMMON STEPS TO PREP THE EOS C300 FOR SHOOTING For more info cinemaeos usa canon com 2012 Canon USA All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...release switch Battery door and latch Rear LCD panel Function button Start Stop button Joystick SET button ND Filter button SET button Control dial Slot Select button SD card slot on right side Eye level viewfinder CustomWhite Balance button Select dial Power switch EOS C300 controls referenced in this guide Rear view Left side view ...

Page 3: ...are no updates Follow the instruction on website to update the camera s firmware Troubleshooting If you need help in troubleshooting an issue with the C300 page 162 of the instruction manual Canon Customer support line 1 855 246 3367 Status Screens You can quickly check the C300 various settings Press the STATUS button on the left side of the camera Push the joystick up down or turn the SELECT Dia...

Page 4: ... EOS C300 and C300 PL BP 950G BP 970G BP 975 With the BP970G and BP 975 batteries the battery door will not close The battery door is removable note that this will make the camera more vulnerable to dust moisture and so on 1 Slide down the BATT OPEN switch and open the battery compartment cover 2 Push down on the latch at the bottom of the battery compartment 3 Gently pull out the battery compartm...

Page 5: ... or other types of cosmic radiation may affect it and may rarely appear as bright colored dots on the screen This is the nature of CMOS image sensors and does not represent a malfunction Adjusting the black balance may solve the problem The effects of the damages may be more noticeable when the camcorder is subject to high tem peratures when a high ISO speed or gain level is used and when slow shu...

Page 6: ...pes LCD monitor only page 88 of the instruction manual MENU Onscreen Markers and Zebra patterns page 71 of the instruction manual MENU Setting up the outputs The C300 has HD SDI HDMI outputs as well as sync out The HD SDI output can be turned off be sure to check this in the menu system under VIDEO SETUP page 127 of the instruction manual Setting the ISO or Gain Sensor sensitivity can be set for G...

Page 7: ...re s also a separate true 24 00P more about that below To select a conventional video fps rate MENU Commonly 23 976P is referred to as 24P but is a technically accurate description Warning 23 98 fps vs 24 00 fps EOS C300 cameras allow users to choose two frame rates that at first glance appear to be 24P For conventional digital video recording at 24P users normally want to actually be shooting at ...

Page 8: ...U Select INTERVAL REC and press SET INT STANDBY flashes at top of screen Press START STOP button to begin recording Press again to stop recording Slow Fast Recording setting frame rate MENU Select desired fps rate and press SET Activating Slow Fast Recording MENU Select SLOW FAST MOTION and press SET Press START STOP button to begin recording Press again to stop recording Shutter Control Shutter t...

Page 9: ... other aspects of picture quality can be further adjusted if the camera operator sees fit Knee Toe master R G B sharpness skin detail Black Gamma and more are among the possible choices When CINEMA LOCKED is selected from the Camera Set up menu it s different this setting is to literally lock out any other Custom Picture controls apply Canon Log to reduce contrast and increase dynamic range and se...

Page 10: ...the instruction manual Manually Operating the ND filters in case of a malfunction On the right side of the camera near the base is a small cover held in place by a screw This can be removed and a small Phillips head screwdriver inserted and rotated to manually move the ND filter mechanism to move a filter if the built in motor mechanism ever fails on location page 172 of the instruction manual Whi...

Page 11: ...the instruction manual Taking still photos The EOS C300 has two methods of capturing still images and saving them to the SD card still images are not saved to either of the two CF card slots Camera mode Press a button and record a separate still image file during recording there is no interruption of video recording 1 Set any of the assignable buttons to PHOTO 2 Press that button to take a still i...

Page 12: ... with a capacity of at least 512 MB UDMA compliance or card speed alone is not a guarantee that a card will function properly in the camera Canon Inc has subjected various popular cards to a series of rigorous tests to verify reliable operation in the EOS C300 This list should be checked by any prospective camera operator http usa canon com cusa professional products professional_cameras cin ema_e...

Page 13: ...rd MENU Select CF A CF B or SD Card A CF card can be initialized while the other card is recording Initialization is not possible with a card that is actively recording You can immediately move to the Initialize Media sub menu by assigning Initialize Media to an assignable button page 43 of the instruction manual Maximum recording Time approximate figures based on continuous recording at Full HD 1...

Page 14: ...ith heavy lenses that the front of the lens be supported to reduce the strain on the lens mount This support is available from various third party manufacturers On Set and Near Set backup and footage check Canon has a program called XF Utilities that can be used to scrub through the footage add meta data and make backups of the original cards There are also plug ins for Apple FCP 7 and Avid Media ...

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