This week Canon announced two new cameras to be added to their lineup; the XF100 and XF105. Both are compact cameras that record to memory cards, but carry the features only found in prosumer and professional cameras. Or to put it another way, these cameras are for people who earn their living from video…people who need extreme quality, high portability and efficient workflows.
The cameras record using the Canon XF codec, an MPEG-2 format Canon released earlier this year that offers outstanding quality, while still playing nice with video editing software. By way of comparison, the popular AVCHD format records video at 24mbps and causes fits with video editing software…while the Canon XF format records at 50mbps (twice the quality of AVCHD) and reportedly doesn’t cause such fits.
Sadly, no estimated prices or arrival dates were announced though. To get a blow-blow on every last technical spec of the XF100 or X105, visit Canon’s site by clicking here or here.
Look at the third post down for pricing info from Canon:
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/digital-video-industry-news/484083-canon-introduces-xf105-xf100-2.html
From the Tech guys at Canon:
The Estimated Street Price for the XF100 is $2999 and the Estimated
Street Price for the XF105 is $3999. However, Canon has made a
corporate decision to allow the dealers to establish pricing. If we
were to offer the Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price on our Canon USA
web sites, this could be misleading to a potential consumer if a dealer
is selling the product for less than or more than the Manufacturers
Suggested Retail Price. Ultimately, the dealers will establish the
prices based upon competitive marketing.
🙂