Canon EOS C500

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Canon EOS C500
Canon EOS C500 with CN-E 30-300mm Cine lens.jpg
A Canon EOS C500 with CN-E 30-300mm Cine lens
Overview
TypeDigital cinema camera
Lens
Lens mount EF/PL
Sensor/medium
Sensor type CMOS
Sensor size Super 35 (26.2 mm x 13.8 mm)
Maximum resolution 4K (4096 x 2160), UHD (3840 x 2160), 2K (2048 x 1080), HD (1920 x 1080)
Storage media CompactFlash (CF) (Type I or Type II)
General
AV Port(s)3G-SDI
HDMI
3.5mm stereo headphone monitor
XLR (2 channel)
3.5mm mic jack
Timecode in/out
Genlock
Sync out (3D)

The EOS C500 is a digital cinema camera released by Canon in August 2012. [1] The camera is offered with the option of Canon EF or Arri PL mounts. As of 2017, the camera has dropped significantly in price [2] .

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Camera

The Canon EOS C500 is Canon's second camera to form part of the Canon Cinema EOS line, complementing the previous Canon EOS C300. Notable new features compared to the previous camera are the addition of 4K and QHD motion video capture to the previous HD capture of the C300 and the ability of the C500 to record raw motion video to the Motion RAW format as well as raw still video to Still RAW format.

The camera has been known to have a fan noise issue that was met with a firmware update in 2014 [3] .

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References

  1. Canon U.S.A. Adds Two New Cameras To The Cinema EOS System: The EOS C500 4K Digital Cinema Camera And The EOS C100 Digital Video Camera, Canon U.S.A., Inc., 2012-08-29, retrieved 2012-08-29
  2. Fok, Tim (2017-01-17). "Canon C500 - Still Worth It? 5 Things I've Learnt". CineD. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
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