Canon has announced the latest firmware update for their products EOS C500 Mark II camcorderwith its enhancement RAW lighting in cinema ability. To date, the camera can record 12-bit RAW video at up to 30 fps and 10-bit at frame rates higher than that. Canon is now adding three new Cinema RAW Light formats that offer 12-bit recording at all frame rates.
With the addition of Cinema RAW Light LT (light recording), ST (standard quality) and HQ (high quality) formats, the EOS C500 Mark II will now have four different RAW recording options—a first first available in the Cinema EOS line. Canon says 12-bit RAW at high frame rates provides a significant boost to Canon’s color science, with enough data provided to display more than 68 billion colors.
Canon’s proprietary Cinema RAW Light format dramatically reduces file size without sacrificing image quality or grading and compositing space. Available on all four current Cinema EOS models— EOS C500 Mark II, EOS C300 Mark III, EOS C70And EOS R5C—the Cinema RAW Light format allows filmmakers to realize the widest dynamic range of the camera sensor in a file approximately 1/3 to 1/5 the size of a standard Cinema RAW file.
A firmware update for the Canon EOS C500 Mark II is scheduled for March 21. Nauticam produces cases for all four current models in Canon’s Cinema EOS line—C500 Mark II and C300 Mark III, C70And R5 C.
