If you own a Canon C200 or C200B camera, you’ll want to read the following announcement from Canon. They have determined that a recording error may occur with the EOS C200 / C200B. The details of the phenomenon and support plan are described below.
Canon C200
Phenomena
Image quality degradation, such as color misalignment or edge distortion, may occur in the recorded footage when using the following combination of settings:
recording format XF-AVC
frame rate 59.94i / 50.00i
1920×1080 resolution
Workaround
Users should use a configuration that does not include the settings listed above, although we acknowledge that this may not be possible for all users. Note: This Phenomenon only affects internally recorded footage. Output signals from the output terminals are not affected.
Affected Products
EOS C200 / C200B Digital Cinema Cameras equipped with Firmware Version 1.0.3.1.00 are affected.
Support
Firmware Version 1.0.3.1.00 has been removed from Canon’s Web site.
The new Firmware is scheduled to be released mid-June 2018.
If you have not already done so, please register the EOS C200/C200B. By registering, we will be able to notify you via email about future announcements.
This information is for residents of the United States and its five territories only. If you do not reside in the USA or its five territories, please contact the Canon Customer Support Center in your region.
Contact Information for Inquiries
Canon Customer Support Center
Phone: 1-855-CINE-EOS (toll free)
1-855-246-3367
TDD: 1-866-251-3752
Email: CinemaEOS@cits.canon.com
For additional support options: usa.canon.com/support
If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call at 512-440-1400 to speak with a sales rep today! Looking to buy the Canon C200 or C200B, financing options are available!
Quasar Science has released some exciting lighting products that DP’s, Grips, and lighting technicians will love. All of their bulbs are LED powered meaning they are dimmable and are more durable than Kino Flo bulbs while providing nice, even flicker-free lighting.
Photo by Jason Youngblood
Do you have an old Kino fixture lying around because you got tired of replacing the bulbs when they break? Just buy some Quasar tubes, throw them in the fixture and you’re good to go. All of Quasar’s light tubes have a milk glass plastic diffuser coating that gives it a nice soft quality and subject falloff like you would expect to find with Kino Flo’s.
These lights are truly the LEGO of the lighting world. You can rig them up like you would Kino Flo’s or you can strip it down to just a bulb and mount it anywhere.
Photo by Jason Youngblood
There are five main types of lights Quasar makes. The Q-LED Rainbow Linear Lamps with RGBX comes in either 2′ or 4′ and gives you a color temperature range of 2000 to 6000 Kelvin. They also are able to reproduce a full 360° hue palette for vibrant fully saturated color or mixed with X-fade white light for soft beautiful pastels. Includes color presets for Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Magenta, and Purple. All Rainbow Lamps are equipped with on-board digital interface giving you command of Intensity, Kelvin, hue & saturation. Each lamp has a built in Lumen Radio CRMX chip for wireless control. The Rainbow can also be wired to DMX via Cat5 I/O Port.
The Q-LED T-8 comes in 2′ or 4′ at either 5600 or 3 Kelvin. The Q-LED Crossfade comes in 1′, 2′, 4′, 6′, and 8′ and offers a changeable color temperature range from 2000 to 6000 Kelvin. They also make a battery powered light called the Q-LED Lithium Ion Battery LED that comes with magnets on either end making it a really handy option to add a hair light, eye light, or adding a little fill without having to run extension cords all over the place. Quasar also makes a line of practical lighting bulbs.
Each light tube comes with a P1G or “PIG” as we are calling it at Texas Media Systems. This plugs into the end of the light and will let you plug the light in to power it. If you are running more than one light together you’ll probably want to pick up the Cluster Power Adapter so you can plug lights into this (depending on the cluster power adapter) and then into your dimmer or the wall. If you are going to be using more than one light and don’t have an old Kino-Flo lying around you may want to consider getting a backplate. These come in 1, 2, and 4 light configurations making it simple to run multiple lights on one stand. We are also carrying the Mathews MQ Mount designed to hold the bulbs with minimal light loss. They are also designed to make it impossible to crush your light.
Kill Switch and Reset Button
Quasar Science has a nifty option to ensure that your lights don’t turn on when traveling or transporting your gear. All you need to do is follow the steps below!
To disable the Power Button when traveling, using a pen, press and hold the the KILL button button on the side for 5 seconds.
To enable the Power Button after it has been killed, plug it into your charger.
To Reset the lamp to default settings of 5600k and 100%, press the RST button.
Check out Cameron Gallagher’s review of Quasar lights and check out the Quasar Science kit here.
We are authorized Quasar Science dealers so stop by and try them out or place your order online today! Give us a call at 512-440-1400.
Panasonic has announced a new firmware update for the DC-GH5 (Firmware Version 2.3) and DC-GH5S (Firmware Version 1.1) to further enhance their performance and usability. The new firmware update download is available now and can be found here. Let’s dig into the details of what the new update includes and fixes.
1. Improvement of AF performance
• AF tracking performance in video recording has been improved.
• AF speed at 180d (180°) has been improved when displaying the shutter speed in degrees in SS/Gain Operation>ANGLE/ISO.
2. Improvement of Body I.S.(Image Stabilizer) performance
• There were cases where peripheral distortion occurred in video recording while walking when used with Panasonic wide zoom lenses (H-F007014, H-E08018). This bug has been fixed.
3. Improvement of sound recording performance
• Sound quality has been improved by optimizing the noise reduction performance of internal noise canceling microphone.
4. New functions
• L.Monochrome D has been added to Photo Style.
• Grain Effect can be added and adjusted in Photo Style.
• Live View Boost has been added, which makes it easy to check the composition on the monitor in low-light environment.
• Night Mode has been added, which reduces glaring on the screens when recording in low-light environment.
• Maximum 20x enlarged view is available in MF Assist.
• Focus Ring Lock has been added to [Custom] menu, which disables focus ring operation to lock the focus.
• WB/ISO/Expo. Button has been added, which enables adjustment of WB/ISO/Exposure only while the exposure compensation button is pressed. This can be set at Custom>Operation.
• Dial has been added to the Custom>Operation Lock Setting.
• Power/Wireless Indicator has been added in the Setup menu, which enables turning off the status indicator and wireless connection lamp.
5. Other improvements
• Like 709,V-LogL* and V-LogL View Assist* in Photo Style can be used in photo shooting.
• LUT Monitor Display* and LUT HDMI Display* can be used in playback mode.
• Focus Ring Lock, E-Stabilization(Video), Mic Rec Level Disp., Live View Boost, Night Mode and L.Monochrome D can be assigned to the Fn button that works in recording mode.
• LUT Monitor Display*, LUT HDMI Display* and Night Mode can be assigned to the Fn button that works in playback mode.
• Vector Scope can be displayed on the screen while adjusting white balance.
• It is possible to choose images from group display such as burst shots in RAW Processing mode.
• Restarting time from sleep mode has been shortened while using Image App and Bluetooth connection.
You can choose to shorten the time of remote operation and image transfer or remote shutter control by going to Setup>Bluetooth>Returning from Sleep Mode.
• Remaining battery status is indicated by 1/4-gauge, indicating approximately 25% per gauge.
• There were cases where folder name was garbled when connecting wirelessly with Windows10-based PC. This bug has been fixed.
* Upgrade Software Key DMW-SFU1(sold separately) is required.
1. Improvement of AF performance
• AF performance of photo shooting under low-light, low-contrast environment has been improved.
• AF speed at 180d (180°) has been improved when displaying the shutter speed in degrees by going to SS/Gain Operation>ANGLE/ISO.
2. Improvement of sound recording performance
• Sound quality has been improved by optimizing the noise reduction performance of internal noise canceling microphone.
3. New functions
• L.Monochrome D has been added to Photo Style.
• Grain Effect can be added and adjusted in Photo Style.
• Focus Ring Lock has been added to Custom menu, which disables focus ring operation to lock the focus.
• WB/ISO/Expo. Button has been added, which enables adjustment of WB/ISO/Exposure only while the exposure compensation button is pressed. This can be set by going to Custom>Operation.
• Dial has been added to Custom>Operation Lock Setting.
4. Other improvements
• Focus Ring Lock, E-Stabilization(Video), Sound Rec Level Disp. and L.Monochrome D can be assigned to the Fn button that works in recording mode.
• Vector Scope can be displayed on the screen while adjusting white balance.
• It is possible to choose images from group display such as burst shots in RAW Processing mode.
• There were cases where the Image Stabilizer icon was not displayed when switching the settings of Image Stabilizer using the Fn button on the H-ES200 interchangeable lens. This bug has been fixed.
• There were cases where folder name was garbled when connecting wirelessly with Windows10-based PC. This bug has been fixed.
The details of each firmware program is also available on the following pages:
The Panasonic EVA1 has just been approved as an accepted camera for Netflix content. The requirements for original content are strict and have only included higher end cameras that cost 10’s of thousands of dollars. Cameras must shoot in 4K, at a bit rate of at least 240Mbps, be in raw or Log formats and files must contain all metadata and no color correction baked in. While Arri and Red have high cost cameras that meet these specs easily, The Panasonic Eva1 joins the Blackmagic Ursa Mini cameras as the only ones that come in under $10,000. This opens up the opportunity for more independent film makers to get their content in larger distribution channels.
Firmware Version 1.1.0.1.00 incorporates the following fixes and enhancements:
1. Support for LCD monitor LM-V1*1,2 (separately sold) has been added.
2. Peripheral illumination/chromatic aberration correction has been added for the following lenses:
- EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
- EF-S 35mm f/2.8 Macro IS STM
- EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM
*1 The LA-V1 LCD Attachment Unit cannot be used to attach the LM-V1 to the EOS C300 Mark II / EOS C300 Mark II PL cameras. 3rd party mounting options are required to use the monitor on this model camera.
*2 When using the LM-V1 with the separately-sold WFT-E6 or WFT-E8 Wireless File Transmitter and GP-E1 GPS Receiver, please be sure to maintain space between the two accessories.
Caution:
– You cannot perform the firmware update using CFast 2.0 cards. Please use a commercially available SD / SDHC / SDXC memory card that is 64MB or more for the firmware update.
– Firmware version 1.1.0.1.00 is for updating Cinema EOS C300 Mark II cameras running firmware version 1.0.0.1.00 – 1.0.9.1.00. If your camera’s firmware is already version 1.1.0.1.00, it is not necessary to update the firmware. Once the camera is updated to the latest version, it cannot be restored to a previous version.
– Please note that after updating the camera to Firmware Version 1.0.6.1.00 or later, if you wish to continue using CFast (VPG130) cards that were used before the firmware update, you will need to format the CFast cards with the camera. After the firmware update, and before formatting the CFast cards with the camera, make sure to back up the clips saved to the CFast cards.
– For further information, please refer to the latest version of the unit’s Instruction Manual that is released with the firmware update.
Preparations for the Firmware Update:
After the Firmware update has been performed, the camera’s menu and custom picture settings will be reset. It is recommended that users save their menu and custom picture settings as settings data to an SD card, separate from the one that will be used to carry out the update, before starting update operations. This saved data can be loaded into the camera and the settings can be changed after the update has been completed. For further information on this, please refer to the section in the unit’s Instruction Manual titled “Saving and Loading Camera Settings”.
The downloaded folder contains the firmware (file name: VLB1.FIM / file size: 43,843,616 bytes), and instructions on the firmware update procedures (a PDF file in five languages: Japanese, English, French, Spanish and Simplified Chinese). Before starting the firmware update operations, please be sure to carefully confirm your understanding of these instructions.
The following things are required to perform this firmware update:
1. A Cinema EOS C300 Mark II / EOS C300 Mark II PL camera body
2. A computer (OS Requirements: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 SP1)
3. A 64 MB or higher-capacity SD / SDHC / SDXC memory card (both commercially available)
4. An SD card reader/writer (commercially available) or an SD card slot built into the computer
5. A fully charged battery pack for the camera
6. Compact power adapter bundled with the camera
7. The firmware (the downloaded file)
We have a new shipment of Canon Compact-Servo 70-200mm lenses tracking to arrive on Friday. The Compact-Servo lenses have a $300 Instant Rebate + Free ZSG-C10 Grip $474.05 promos running.
The Compact-Servo Instant Rebate increases from $300 to $500-$800 if you bundle a lens the following camera bodies:
C300 Mark II $800
C200 $600
C200B $600
C100 Mark II $500
The 0% 24 Month or 1.99% 36 Month Lease Promos can be combined with the Rebates.
Canon announced today that they are bringing the triple lens kit to the EOS C200. Much like the “Triple Lens” kits that accompanied the C100 AF and C100 Mark II in the past, this lens kit includes three of their latest lenses: the 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM lens, the 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens, and the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens. All three L-Series lenses share an f/2.8 aperture, and combined they fully cover an impressive focal range. These three lenses make this kit versatile and a great choice for filmmakers who are trying to get the most out of their gear.
Savings Over Purchasing Each Product Individually:
Canon C200
$7,499.00
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L III
+
$2,199.00
Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II
+
$1,899.00
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II
+
$2,099.00
Canon C200 Triple Lens Kit
–
$11,999.00
Cool Savings, Bro:
=
$1,697.00
The C200 Triple Lens Kit is priced at $11,999 and qualifies for Canon’s promotional financing program (0% for 24 months, 1.99% for 36 months). Canon expects to start shipping this kit at the end of 2017 — a fast approaching deadline! If you’re interested in this kit, you can always preorder online or with one of our sales associates. If you’re interested in financing this package for as low as $310/month, apply online in minutes with our online application for lease credit.
The kit includes:
EOS C200 Body with Dual Pixel CMOS AF
EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM Lens
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
LCD Monitor
LCD Attachment
Camera grip
Handle Unit
Mic Holder
Eye-cup
Thumb Rest
Body Cap
Battery Pack BP-A30
Battery Charger CG-A20
AC Adapter CA-A10
Compact Power Adapter CA-CP200B
Measuring Hook
Shoulder Strap SS-1200
Canon also announced two different kits for the EOS C700: the EOS C700 MultiDyne 4K Kit and the EOS C700 MultiDyne HD kit. These kits expand the current C700 EF 19mm ARRI Pro Kit with either a 4K or 3G camera back and base station from MultiDyne. We’ll be posting more information on those kits as it becomes available.
Panasonic announced today in a press release1 that they are replacing the Grip Units of AU-EVA1s that shipped in the first wave of cameras with a new, redesigned grip.
The removable grip of the EVA1 has had its rotation mechanism redesigned to increase the torque-stress limit after customers addressed concerns with slippage. By adding accessories to the EVA1, extra stress was causing the rotation latch on the grip to spin on its own. The new grip is capable of holding 9 lbs of camera/lens/accessories. Panasonic warns, however, that the grip was designed for normal operating conditions. Positioning accessories further from the center axis of the camera, as well as fast movements, increase torque forces on the grip unit. When adding a large number of camera accessories it is advised to support the camera on the shoulder or with an additional grip. Continue reading “Panasonic Replaces EVA1 Grip With Stronger One”→
Users of the Canon EOS C700 series cameras may have noticed an issue regarding a phenomenon that occurs during ProRes recording in which the final media clip cannot be played back. Note this issue only occurs while using ProRes as your main recording format and the output recording command is set to the “On” position.
If your recording media fills up (either a CFast card or Codex Capture Drive*1) and your recording stops, you may receive a series of messages. First the “Media Full” message, followed by the “Some clips require data recovery” message. After attempting to recover any data, a final message saying “Unable to recover data” may appear. If this happens, the last clip recorded may become corrupt and recovery is not possible. Again, this issue only occurs if your media source becomes full and your clip has not completely recorded.
Listed below are the cameras affected, along with the correct firmware updates:
EOS C700 / EOS C700 PL Digital Cinema Cameras equipped with Firmware Version 1.0.1.1.00 to 1.0.2.1.00
Firmware Version 1.0.3.1.00 (or later) resolves this phenomenon.
EOS C700 GS PL Digital Cinema Cameras equipped with Firmware Version 1.0.0.1.00
Firmware Version 1.0.1.1.00 (or later) resolves this phenomenon.
Panasonic announced today in a press release
