Comments on: Canon 1D C Firmware Update Possibly Coming Next Week with 4K 25FPS

By: Joe Marine

Joe Marine — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:38:34 +0000

That’s a bit strange, I’m not sure why it would have been taken down. Even if a rumor is not true that’s what the whole site is about. Maybe because it wasn’t technically posted as a rumor on the site?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:14:11 +0000

Looks like the post got pulled from Canon Rumors :(
maybe it’s a false rumor ?

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:24:09 +0000

Risking passing along a possibly bad rumor, but here’s a quote from the EOSHD blog: “Just so you all know, I just spent all day with a Canon rep yesterday who let us test a C100, C300, and the 1Dc (we also shot some 5D3, and mushy FS100 footage). He assured me that with the 5D firmware update this spring, we will have uncompressed video that is the EXACT same as the 1Dc in it’s “super 35″ cropped sensor mode. This was HUGE news to me. Also, from what I saw- The 1Dc even at 4K didn’t hold up as well as the C100 with Sound Devices external recorder under controlled light. I’m definitely not poo pooing the 1Dc, but for my needs the C100 is the camera for me at that price.”

I’ll believe it when I see it, but can’t wait to find out for sure…

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Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:16:29 +0000

[...] Canon has been notoriously slow on firmware updates, let alone anything that improves their current products in a major way. [...]

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Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:04:53 +0000

[...] Canon has been notoriously slow on firmware updates, let alone anything that improves their current products in a major way. [...]

By: Joe Marine

Joe Marine — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:50:36 +0000

Not sustained, those rates that are listed on cards are usually only burst. It’s one of the reasons RED had their own CF cards – they were made to handle sustained data rates.

By: Filippo Guerra

Filippo Guerra — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:48:25 +0000

I’m a bit confused.
A CF card has a 90MByte/s speed limit,
why the camera has a writing speed limit of 100 Mbit/s?

By: Joe Marine

Joe Marine — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:29:54 +0000

Yes it does, uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2

By: Caleb

Caleb — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:24:37 +0000

So I dig the 1dc. I’ve edited and colored some footage out of it. One question can it do any form of hdmi out?

By: mike

mike — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:13:10 +0000

It’s a joke that Canon tried to impose “24fps” onto the European market. No Canon, you do not dictate what the customers want.

Sony all the way !!!

By: marklondon

marklondon — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:26:08 +0000

Just to clarify, most European drama is shot natively at 25P. Here in the US, most major shows are shot at 24P, then transcoded to 30fps for broadcast. Therefore, not having 25P cuts out a HUGE part of the European production market.

By: marklondon

marklondon — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:41:26 +0000

I think Canon have done this because their pro retailers (particularly Europe’s largest camera distributor) told them how many it would sell on the basis that they do it. End-users’ opinions they are less interested in – distributors are a very different story.
The 1DC is attracting serious pro attention (budgets over 500k per screen hour) – its the camera THEY have been waiting for. A camera they can use as they use 7Ds/D800s now, but with better pic quality to cut into primarily Alexa footage. At that level, this is their version of a 4K GoPro.

By: VanWeddings

VanWeddings — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:03:46 +0000

“Canon has been notoriously slow on firmware updates, let alone anything that improves their current products in a major way”

LOL at the not so subtle jab

By: Chris Lambert

Chris Lambert — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:07:55 +0000

I hope your right, but my gut says Canon is letting us eat just enough cake to forgo the done over felt crowd burning down the kingdom

By: vas907

vas907 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:04:50 +0000

Neve mind, read the other article on the uncompressed 8bit 4-2-2. Would it be to much to ask for 1080 60p sheesh.

By: Joe Marine

Joe Marine — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:02:06 +0000

It is 8-bit, confirmed by Canon’s own press release.

By: vas907

vas907 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:57:17 +0000

Any word if it is 8bit or 10bit 4-2-2 for the hdmi out on the Mark III?

By: Joe Marine

Joe Marine — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:41:16 +0000

Even if they were planning it, when was the last time they improved a camera like this shortly after release? Their updates are usually very few and far between. It may not be a sign of anything, but I think it’s interesting that they caved on the Mark III clean HDMI and the 1D C may see a number of updates in the not too distant future.

By: Chris Lambert

Chris Lambert — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:29:41 +0000

I think this update was actually hinted at within a week of the camera being announced, sorry to be the kill joy of maybe Canon customer service based optimism