Canon has just announced a huge $1000 Instant Rebate on the Canon C500 Mark II, and the Canon C300 Mark III. This is the lowest price you’ve ever been able to get on these cameras. And, the best part is that they are still eligible for 0% financing through Canon Finical. I’ve got a cost break down for you below for some of the eligible products.
$1 Buyout Lease means you own the camera at the end of the lease.
Estimated Lease Payments above do not include sales tax, property tax or insurance. Many states like Texas offer sales tax exemptions for filmmaking equipment which can be used to remove sales tax on the lease.
The Canon R5 C has just been added to Canon’s CFS Lease Program! That means started today through July 31, 2023 all customers are eligible for 0% financing for 24 months! With the recent firmware update to the Canon R5 C, and Netflix adding it to their approved cameras list, the Canon R5 C is a more attractive product than every.
Don’t forget that the Canon R5 C currently comes with a free battery, and a $400 instant rebate. Now is the perfect time to be looking into the Canon R5 C.
Canon has opted to let customer’s trade in old DSLRs and lenses for huge discounts on the Canon EOS R line, and new Canon RF lenses. The whole list of available offers is down below, but we recommend taking a look at $500 off the Canon R5C due to it being stackable with the $400 rebate also available for the camera. All together that’s $900 off of the Canon R5C, and it comes with a free battery! There is huge potential for savings with this deal, and you only need to trade in one product for as many discounts as you want. The only stipulation for this offer is that it’s for in-store purchases only.
I’ve listed off some other attractive combo deals below:
3x Available:
Canon R5C + RF 28-70mm F2 Bundle with Free Battery
Canon R5C Body $4799
Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM Lens $3099
R5C Canon Instant Rebate -$400
Canon LP-E6NH Lithium-Ion Battery $79.99
Free Canon Battery Instant Rebate -$79.99
R5C Trade-Up Credit per Product on Purchase of TWO (2) or more CANON Eligible Products -$500
RF 28-70mm F2 Trade-Up Credit per Product on Purchase of TWO (2) or more CANON Eligible Products -$250
Cost: $6748 Savings: -$829.99
2x Available:
Canon R3 Body + RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM Lens Bundle
Canon R3 Body $5999
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM Lens $2899
R3 Trade-Up Credit per Product on Purchase of TWO or more CANON Eligible Products -$500
RF100-500mm Trade-Up Credit per Product on Purchase of TWO or more CANON Eligible Products -$350
Cost: $8048 Savings: -$850
3x Available
Canon EOS R7 + RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM Lens
Canon EOS R7 $1499
Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM Lens $2399
R7 Trade-Up Credit per Product on Purchase of TWO or more CANON Eligible Products -$200
RF15-35mm F2.8 Trade-Up Credit per Product on Purchase of TWO or more CANON Eligible Products -$250
Cost: $3448 Savings: -$450
In Stock at Canon, ETA 3 Days:
Canon RF 1200mm F8 L IS USM Lens $19999
RF1200 F8 Trade-Up Credit on Purchase of ONE CANON Eligible Product -$1000
Cost: $18999 Savings: -$1000
Remember the Trade-In promotion is only available in store. The full list of Trade-In promotions is below:
The Canon R5C and Canon R5C 24-105mm Kit have not been added to the promos. However, you can combine the R5C with another qualifying item like the C70, C300 Mark III or the C500 Mark II to receive promotional rates. Contact us for more information.
For Example:
Canon R5C & Canon C500 Mark II
$4499 + $15999 = $20498
0% 48 Months $427
Canon R5C & Canon C300 Mark III
$4499 + $10999 = $15498
0% 24 Months $646
Canon R5C & Canon C70
$4499 + $5499 = $9998
0% 24 Months $417
$1 Buyout Lease means you own the camera at the end of the lease.
Estimated Lease Payments above do not include sales tax, property tax or insurance. Many states like Texas offer sales tax exemptions for filmmaking equipment which can be used to remove sales tax on the lease.
As any videographer will tell you, with the rate of technological advancement a new camera can become outdated within a year or two of its initial release, but good glass is a lifetime investment. One other long-term investment that gets its due much less frequently are batteries.
A career’s worth of batteries can represent thousands of dollars. Thousands of dollars that can become valueless if you decide to switch to a different camera system. Because of this, many shooters turn to V-mount or Gold Mount batteries for a truly brand agnostic power solution. However powering off these batteries can sometimes entail kludge-y rigs with wires hanging every which way and nothing but Velcro and hope holding 3lbs battery bricks in place.
Our story begins with the founder of UK based Full Frame Camera Corporation: Alex Stone. Upon receiving his Canon C500 Mark II and realizing that the OEM solution to power the camera from V-Mounts, the EU-V2 Expansion Unit, was on back order he simply decided to make his own instead of waiting around.
The V-mount plate is manufactured in small batches and is compatible with Canon C500 Mark II and C300 Mark III cameras. A Gold-mount option has been introduced as well, if that’s more your flavor.
The Compact V-Mount plate is machined from aluminium (Ah-loo-mini-um if wish to pronounce it in the manufacture’s native tongue), attaches to the camera via two captive M4 bolts and powers the camera via a low profile right angle xlr connector.
The plate features one D-tap port for supplying 10A to any other accessories on your rig. The port is located on the side of the plate at an angle so that all the rear buttons and SDI outputs are still accessible.
An additional feature of the plate is that in its default mounting position the Canon A60 battery slot is unobstructed, which allows you to hot swap batteries.
The plate is compatible with any V-mount battery and can be mounted in a lower position for a more streamlined setup (if you are using taller V-mount batteries). One drawback of this though is that in this position, the plate blocks the A60 slot making the aforementioned hot swapping impossible.
If you are looking for robust and relatively inexpensive way to take all your old V-Mount batteries to your brand new Cinema EOS camera the Full Frame Camera Co. Compact V-Mount plate is the solution for you!
The plate has dimensions of 60 x 95.3 x 29.3mm (2.36″ x 3.75″ x 1.15″) and weighs 256g
Some SanDisk CFexpress card readers bundled with C500 MarkII kits have been experiencing issues properly seating cards, making transferring data impossible. Canon and SanDisk are aware of this problem and are working towards a solution.
Recently Canon Europe interviewed filmmaker Brett Danton after he used Canon’s new C500 Mark II to shoot a commercial for Jaguar to promote their new luxury SUV.
Here are some of the advantages he found while using the camera.
Brett was a convert to the Full-Frame shooting capabilities of the Canon C700 FF. The large sensor mated to fast prime lenses at wide apertures – aided by built-in ND filters for exposure control, provided a unique look that Brett trusts for prestige brands.
The new Canon C500 Mark II shares the same 5.9K sensor as the C700 FF, with the added benefit of being able to record Cinema RAW Light internally to dual CFexpress cards and recording Canon XF-AVC with 2K 4:2:0 8-bit simultaneously to an SD card to use as a proxy.
Brett relies on the flexibility of the Cinema RAW Light codec to be able to dial in a precise look in post to satisfy discerning clients. “Jaguar has a very specific list of cameras it will allow its commercials to be shot on, and it doesn’t want silver cars to look grey. I had to get everything right first time.” said Brett.
The small form factor and modular nature of the C500 Mark II provided other advantages over its larger counterpart the C700 FF. The C500 Mark II could be rigged up with monitors, follow focus rigs, the whole shabang to make it a decked out cinema camera, or stripped back to make it as light and compact as possible for use on a drone or gimbal.
For the Jaguar shoot the C500 Mark II was attached to a Russian Arm mounted to the top of a separate Jagaur F-PACE to get chase shots of the ‘hero’ car. The camera was also used in a Ronin 2 gimbal and flown up in a drone to get more dynamic images as the F-PACE zoomed through the Spanish mountains.
Another distinct advantage of the C500 Mark II is its user swap-able lens mount. For the Jaguar commercial Brett used Canon Sumire Prime lenses. “The Sumire Primes bring a filmic feel and give nice flares. Using a Sumire to shoot the car coming towards you at dusk with its headlights on softens the image. The highlights on the metalwork gleam and there are flares from the headlights – just what I wanted.” Brett explained.
Brett did not have a full kit of Sumire Primes on set so for the drone shots he had to use a Canon CN-E14mm T3.1. The CN-E14mm had an EF mount instead of the PL mount of the Sumires. In a matter of minutes the crew was able to swap the cameras mount from PL to EF and keep on trucking.
The benefits of this system became even more apparent when Brett swapped onto some of Canon’s super-telephoto prime lenses, the Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 IS II USM and the EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM. The advantage of this interchangeability is that you are able to use canon stills glass on the C500 Mark II while maintaining auto-focus functionality.
Here’s a video that goes into more detail about the swap-able lens mounts:
“It was amazing,” Brett says. “We were tracking the cars charging up mountains and the autofocus just kept everything sharp. I don’t care how good a focus puller you are, if you’re using a 300mm or 600mm lens wide open, it’s a hard thing to get right – especially on a full-frame sensor.”
The C500 Mark II also supports face detect AF. Brett noted that “The C500 Mark II doesn’t suddenly stop focusing when the shot is sharp; the focus has a roll-off which gives it a more traditional look, like a focus puller feel. You can really notice it – it just makes it look right.”
With a quick turnaround on the commercial Brett was able to wow the clients with just a quick color grade and LUT. The footage he was able to pull out of the camera exceeded all of his expectations.
“I shot everything in 5.9K as I wanted to see it on a big screen, and taking it down to 4K cleans it all up. The dynamic range is crazy, over 15 stops for sure. Filming in Cinema RAW Light, I shot at the base of ISO800 the entire time and in the edit added no noise reduction, yet I can’t see any noise at all. The camera performed and made my life easy.”
Brett came away from the shoot thoroughly impressed with the C500 Mark II’s capabilities and versatility.
“The C500 Mark II has the same sensor as the C700 FF, so there’s consistent quality,” he says. “You can build the camera to the shape you need to make it work for that particular environment. I’d use the C500 Mark II for 90% of my work now and go to the C700 FF with its RAW recorder for SFX work when I need to pull out every last bit of data if the post house requests it, or if I need more choices on SDI output to send more signals out on set.
“The C500 Mark II is a camera I would now happily use for everything, either on its own or with the C700 FF – everything matches up beautifully.”
Its no secret that 2019 has been the year of the camera. It feels like a new camera has been either announced or released almost every month this year, and Canon looks like it is going to cap it all off this December by releasing the new C500 Mark II.
With the bevy of new DSLM cameras that have blurred the line between pro-sumer stills camera and professional video camera Canon’s Cinema EOS line has been given an increasingly intense run for its money. Canon looks to be re-asserting it’s status as King of the Heap by releasing the C500 Mark II. The new camera offers some truly impressive specs and a high degree of modularity at a very competitive price point (compared to other similarly capable and similarly modular camera systems).
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Here is a list of official features that Canon has announced for the camera:
5.9K Full Frame CMOS Sensor, with support for Super 35mm and Super 16mm crop modes
User Changeable Lens Mounts which gives users freedom to use the lenses they desire
Newly developed DIGIC DV 7 Image Processor, which powerfully processes high-resolution image data
Canon RAW Light and XF-AVC Recording
Proxy Recording
Compatibility with EF and PL* Lenses
Anamorphic Lens Support
Electronic Image Stabilization
Modular Design with three available Expansion Units allows a high level of connectivity and interoperability
3” LCD Touch screen Monitor LM-V2
Dual Pixel CMOS AF with support for Touch AF and Face Detection AF
Canon Log 2 and 3 Support
4 Channel Audio Recording
Support for Custom User LUTs
15 stops dynamic range
Cinema RAW light internal
Drone and gimbal size and weight
Let’s break down what some of these features mean.
5.9K Full Frame CMOS Sensor, with support for Super 35mm and Super 16mm crop modes
User Changeable Lens Mounts which gives users freedom to use the lenses they desire
Compatibility with EF and PL* Lenses
Anamorphic Lens Support
These features taken together point to Canon’s effort to make this camera just as comfortable shooting high budget narrative films as it is shooting run and gun docs and commercial work. The drone/gimbal sizing means that you with the right drone you can send this 100ft in the air while still maintaining all the advantages of the full frame sensor and advanced video codecs. The crop modes, user swap-able lens mounts, anamorphic lens support and EIS (Electronic Image Stabilization) make this camera truly lens agnostic. As Canon’s own literature states, this camera can take anything from old servo zoom B4 lenses to vintage stills glass to PL cinema glass (especially their own Sumire Prime Cinema lenses, because y’know, synergy).
With Canon’s excellent Dual Pixel AF, EIS system, and support for custom user LUTs the C500 Mark II is a big boy cinema camera that still provides exceptional user assistance. The camera supports Continuous, Face Detect, and One-shot AF modes when using appropriate lenses. The EIS system is basically just Canon’s way of saying this camera has 5 axis IBIS, so you can use any non-OIS lens with impunity.
Newly developed DIGIC DV 7 Image Processor, which powerfully processes high-resolution image data
Canon RAW Light and XF-AVC Recording
Proxy Recording
Canon Log 2 and 3 Support
15 stops dynamic range
Cinema RAW light internal
The C500 Mark II is a lean, mean, media recording machine. The new DIGIC DV 7 Image processor allows you to record in a variety of frame rates, resolutions, bitrates, and codecs depending how much color flexibility you need in post or how much space you have on your hard drive. The ability to record 2K 8bit proxies to standard SD cards lets you streamline your transition into post-production and make your editor’s life just a little bit easier. With 15 stops of dynamic range and Cinema RAW light internal this camera is capable of producing footage that will make the hardest part of color grading be deciding what ‘film look’ best fits your quirky indie dramady about deconstructing the manic pixie dream-girl trope.
Modular Design with three available Expansion Units allows a high level of connectivity and interoperability
3” LCD Touch screen Monitor LM-V2
4 Channel Audio Recording
This one goes out to all you multi-cam users out there. The C500 Mark II system features a variety of expansion units that enable features to make the C500 Mark II a capable broadcast camera. The stand-outs in this section are the EU-V1 expansion unit and the EU-V2 expander. The studio-centric EU-V1 adds Ethernet ports for live-streaming, RS244 remote camera control, and genlock/sync-out. If the EU-V1 is the nerdy indoor kid little brother, the EU-V2 is the beefy, out on the football field big brother expansion unit. The EU-V2 adds a V-Mount battery plate, two additional XLR audio inputs for 4-channel recording, a lens control port, 24V and D-tap power outputs, Genlock, an additional RS422 port and an Ethernet port.
Oh! and also this camera supports IP streaming. You can pair the camera with a separately available transmitter or stream to your computer via Wi-Fi or Ethernet to allow an off-set producer or a nosy client to view your capture at rates of up to 1080p XF-AVC at 9 or 4 Mb/s.
Getting down to the nitty gritty, the Canon Cinema C500 Mark II is scheduled to be available in December 2019 for an estimated retail price of $15,999.00.
If you are are in the market for a camera system that can do everything from low budget docs to real cinema work and have a spare $16k burning a hole in your pocket the new Canon Cinema C500 Mark II is a pretty solid value proposition.
For more information, including accessory prices and availability, call or email us today!
The 2019 Academy Awards have officially wrapped up and all the winners have been announced. “Free Solo” took the award for Best Documentary Feature. Want to shoot like an Oscar-nominated film? Well, all five of the Oscar-nominated Documentary features were shot using Canon cameras and lenses.
We’ve listed the Canon equipment that the films were shot with and where you can watch these Oscar-nominated documentaries.
Renowned free solo climber Alex Honnold has long desired to attempt El Capitan, the 3,000-foot granite rock in Yosemite National Park. Although he wants to begin, Honnold is suddenly plagued by injuries and his friends and family worry for his safety. Nothing can stop him, however, and Honnold becomes the only athlete to make the treacherous ascent without ropes.
Where to watch: “Free Solo” will be having its Network Premiere on National Geographic on March 3 at 8/7c. You can find it in select theatres here.
The dreams and everyday experiences of friends Daniel and Quincy, and also those of Boosie, the mother of Quincy’s children, are depicted as they go about their lives in Hale County, Alabama. Also explored is the idea of how the Southern African-American experience can be depicted on film.
Where to watch: You can rent or buy on YouTube, Google Play, Vudu and Apple.
As he films his fellow skateboarders over the years, Bing Liu wonders why so many of them have experienced contentious relationships with their fathers. As he focuses on friends Zack, who is about to become a father himself, and Keire, who is grappling with his racial identity, Liu realizes that he must resolve his feelings about his own abusive childhood.
Where to watch: You can watch with a Hulu Subscription or on PBS. of f
Documentarian Talal Derki returns to his native Syria and gains the trust of Abu Osama, a founder of the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusra Front. Believing in an Islamic caliphate, Abu Osama indoctrinates his sons in his beliefs, sending the oldest two, Osama and Ayman, to a military training camp. The brothers have differing reactions to their training, however, with Ayman longing to return to school.
Where to watch: You can stream on Kanopy and rent or buy on Amazon, Apple, Fandango Now and Vudu.
Octogenarian Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice in 1993, had spent her prior legal career battling laws that allowed gender discrimination. Supported by her devoted husband, a fellow lawyer, and their two children, Ginsburg becomes renowned for her tireless work ethic, liberal outlook and keen intellect.
Where to watch: You can stream with a Hulu or Hoopla subscription. You can rent or buy on Amazon, Fandango Now, Vudu, YouTube, Google Play and Apple.
You can shoot like an Academy Award-nominated film with the right Canon gear. Give us a call at 512-440-1400 or shop all Canon here. 0% Lease financing is available on select Canon products.
