Specifications

At the heart of the EOS C100 Digital Video Camera is Canon’s Super 35 16:9 CMOS sensor, which was
designed from the ground up for the Cinema EOS System to meet the exacting and uncompromised
demands of the motion-picture and video industry. The sensor’s large Super 35mm size lets the EOS C100
capture cinematic shallow depth-of-field imagery while maintaining the image performance attributes
that professional cinematographers demand. The EOS C100 uses the same sensor design found in the
EOS C500 and C300, thereby continuing Canon’s legacy of imaging excellence throughout the
Cinema EOS line-up.
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Canon Super 35mm CMOS Image Sensor
Designed specifically to fulfill the motion-imaging needs of the
cinema industry, the EOS C100’s 4K CMOS image sensor
deploys an innovative new approach to sensor design by
using an 8.3 megapixel, single-CMOS configuration to directly
originate individual RGGB/red-green-green-blue HD
1920 x 1080 video components. Data output from this native
4:4:4:4 sensor requires no debayering process, helping
eliminate reconstruction errors. And by summing the two
spatially oset green-signal components, the final green
video has virtually zero aliasing and an extended dynamic
range – the combination producing a remarkably sharp and
clean Luma component.
Each of the EOS C100’s imaging-sensor photosites are a
generous 6.4 by 6.4 micrometers in area and each uses
advanced microlens technology to maximize the amount of
light that falls on each photosite, thereby further enhancing the
camera’s light sensitivity. Advanced technologies used within
the Canon Super 35mm sensor endows the EOS C100 with
an outstanding sensitivity across a wide ISO range of 320
to 20,000, while producing a full 12 stops of dynamic range.
≥ DV III Image Processor
Taking full advantage of the enhanced image resolution
oered by a Super 35 CMOS sensor, the EOS C100’s
purpose-built high-speed ≥ DV III Image Processor helps
ensure that the trio of 2-megapixel HD Video components for
Red, Blue and Green converted from the large 8.3 megapixel
single-sensor are accurately processed in a manner that
produces excellent tonal and color reproduction. This
processor’s highly sophisticated and proprietary architecture
supports flexible operational video control over a wide range of
video image parameters that empower creative choices on-set
– including the special Custom Pictures mode of operation.
The ≥ DV III Image Processor implements the Canon Log
and the Wide DR transfer functions. Image inversion can be
invoked if depth-of-field converters or other lens adapters
are used. This processor also implements the Peripheral
Illumination Correction feature. It includes the Canon Face
Detection function which can be highly useful when shooting
an individual within a crowd.
Canon EF-Mount
The interchangeable EF-mount ensures compatibility with
Canon EF, EF-S and Cinema Lenses. The sophisticated
electronic communication of lens and camera enables
Canon’s innovative Peripheral Illumination Correction, which
automatically helps compensate for any lens-induced
vignetting that can adversely aect the final image quality.
Future lens data can be added through simple updates to the
EOS C100’s firmware. Autofocus recording is also available
with supported lenses. And for higher-end productions, the
new and expanding range of Cinema Lenses – available in
prime, compact-zoom and zoom series – significantly
expand the camera’s range of creative possibilities.
Signal processing superior to
that in a 3-chip RGB system
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Canon Super 35mm CMOS Image Sensor
Canon CMOS Sensor Signal Processing
Canon ≥ DV III Image Processor
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