Canon has announced that a range of significant free-of-charge firmware updates for existing Cinema EOS cameras will be coming later in 2025. This includes the addition of 3:2 Open Gate RAW Recording at 6000x4000 resolution to the EOS C400, View Assist during Playback on the EOS C80, among other improvements to core features such as focus peaking on both the C400 and C80, as well as the EOS R5 C and EOS C70. What is Open Gate recording? EOS cameras capture stills with the default ratio of 3:2. Yet, by default, video is captured with the ratio of 16:9, which automatically crops what’s captured by the sensor. Open Gate recording is a feature which instead allows for full capture of the sensor when recording video. Not only does this take advantage of the camera’s full width and height of the sensor, but it allows for greater versatility when cropping video, as the same footage can be edited once then used in multiple ways and in different aspect ratios to suit the platfor...
Canon has today announced two new additions to the EOS R system, the EOS C50 Cinema EOS camera and the RF 85mm f1.4L VCM lens. EOS C50 – compact cinematography tool A new entry point to Canon's Cinema EOS range, the EOS C50 is a stepping stone from the PowerShot V-series and recent EOS V-series cameras across to the Cinema series. It's a highly specced video tool, offering 7K video, as well as 4K oversampled from 7K, Open Gate recording, the ability to record a cropped version of your video footage automatically as well as Canon Log 2 and Canon Log 3. Although the C50 is video-first, it also offers a Photo mode for stills, driven by an all-new 32MP sensor and capable of 40 frames per second (fps). Taking a leaf out of the EOS R5 C's book, the camera offers two menu systems – one for stills, derived from the Canon EOS R-series cameras and one for video, offering the comprehensive feature-set of the Cinema EOS range. Modular by nature, with a host of connectivity features an...