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Highlights of the Camera
The Canon Digital Cinema Camera EOS C700 / EOS C700 PL / EOS C700 GS PL has been designed to meet
the demanding needs and highest expectations of industry professionals. The following are just some of the
many features that will help turn your creative vision into reality.
4K Recording System with Cinema Quality
Advanced 4K-compatible sensor
The camera features a Super 35mm-equivalent
CMOS sensor (
[]
) or a Super
35mm-equivalent CMOS sensor with global
electronic shutter (
]
). With the new
sensor’s effective pixel count of 8.85 megapixels
(4096x2160) and the new Triple DIGIC DV5 imaging
engine, the camera offers a center resolution of
1,800 TV lines
1
. Thanks to Canon’s high sensitivity
and low-noise technology, the camera can record at
a wide range of sensitivity settings, from ISO 160 to
ISO 25600
2
. Using one of the Canon Log gamma
curves you can make the most of the image
sensor’s characteristics to obtain a very wide
dynamic range.
1
Varies depending on the lens used.
2
With the
Z
or
[
model. When slow & fast
motion recording is not activated, the ISO speed range
can be extended to ISO 100 (
Z[
) or ISO 200
(
]
) on one end, and ISO 102400 on the other.
Interchangeable lenses
With three models featuring different lens mounts
and shutter mechanisms, the camera offers the
freedom to use the lens you want in order to achieve
exactly the look you want. With the model featuring
an EF lens mount (
Z
), you can use over 100
high-quality lenses from Canon’s EF and EF Cinema
lens series. Whereas the models featuring a PL lens
mount (
[]
) let you use a variety of
industry-standard PL lenses.
Using the global shutter model (
]
), you
can shoot fast-moving subjects without worrying
about rolling shutter distortions or artifacts. And
using compatible broadcast lenses
3
and EF Cinema
lenses (
A
221), you will be able to control the
aperture and zoom using the camera
4
. The camera
also supports the use of anamorphic lenses
(
A
3
The optional MO-4E or MO-4P B4 Mount Adapter is
required.
4
Depending on the lens used, you may need to connect
the 12-pin camera interface cable to the camera.
Choose your format – XF-AVC or ProRes
Using the XF-AVC format, the camera can use two
codecs (H.264 Intra-frame and H.264 Long GOP) so
you can select the video configuration from YCbCr
4:2:2, 10 bit, RGB 4:4:4, 10 or 12 bit, or YCbCr
4:2:0, 8 bit, to suit your creative needs. Using
Apple’s ProRes format, you have the choice
between the 10-bit ProRes 422 HQ codec and the
12-bit ProRes 4444 codec.
4K video RAW recording and output
You can use a recorder docked with the camera
5
or
an external recorder connected to the camera's SDI
OUT terminals (
A
152) to record RAW 4K video. At
the same time, you can apply a LUT that meets the
ACES standard to video output from the MON.
terminals or the HDMI OUT terminal to use this video
output for on-set color grading (
A
5
For details about docking the CDX-36150 Recorder with
the camera and using it to record, refer to
Codex
Recorder – Guide for the EOS C700 models (separate
PDF file).
Recording media
The camera features two CFast card slots and an
SD card slot. It records main recording clips
(XF-AVC or ProRes) on the CFast cards. When you
insert two CFast cards in the camera, the camera
can record simultaneously on both cards (double
slot recording), or it can switch automatically to
recording on the other CFast card when a CFast
card becomes full (relay recording) (
A
52). In
addition to the main recording, you can activate the
simultaneous sub recording (
A
71). Sub recording
clips can be recorded on the CFast card (XF-AVC
Intra) or on the SD card (XF-AVC Proxy).
Operability and Adaptability
Expandable modular design
The sturdy camera body was designed with ease of
use and expandability in mind. It features a multitude
of screw holes of different diameters on its top and
bottom plates to offer a large number of options for
attaching additional accessories to the camera.
Using the optional EVF-V70 OLED Electronic
Viewfinder (17 mm (0.7 in.), 1920x1080 pixels/
approx. 6.22 million dots), OU-700 Remote
Operation Unit, SU-15 Shoulder Support Unit and
SG-1 Shoulder Style Grip Unit, you can quickly
optimize the camera for one-person operation or for
team operation from both sides, depending on your
needs (
A
The camera offers assignable buttons and a
customizable USER screen (using the screen
buttons) that you can customize to your preferences
from a large number of convenient functions
(
A
127). Optional accessories offer additional
assignable buttons. Assign functions that you use
often to the assignable buttons you find most
