Canon XF105 Hands-On Review

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Many people have collapsed to the sight of the new January 2011 release of the Canon XF100 and XF105. Compact in size and extremely lightweight, the new Canon XF100 and XF105 series are professional for a wide range of applications where high end image quality, extreme portability, and efficient work flow are one of a kind.
Both the XF100 and XF105 shoot with the native 1920 x 1080 CMOS image sensor and recently developed 10x zoom HD video lens to deliver amazing video quality. The users of the XF100 and XF105 have complete manual control over all of the functions from the technical and artistic aspect of filming. A step down from a larger professional camera the XF100 and XF105 has nearly all capabilities in a small pocket rocket shell as its bigger brother, the XF305.Something fascinating and inevitable about this new movie making machine is its recoding ability in MPEG-2 full HD 4:2:2 at 50 Mbps. Might I say WOW. Unfortunately this is Canon's specific XF codec recording in MXF format on Compact Flash memory cards, a slight interruption for most Mac users but a minor plug-in for Final Cut Pro provided by Canon with purchase is an easy fix, but is not compatible with FCE or the new FCP-X, yet. A bonus to shooting with CF cards is the high quality codec speed and ability to record on a single card and auto flop to the next card when the first runs out or record simultaneously on both. Backup footage is always a plus.An interesting addition to the XF100 and XF105 is it is perfect for news crew and event shooters having a 3-sec Pre-Rec mode witch ...

[@MoDuncanjr]

Have anyone experienced overheating and crackling burning the insides? Make sure you get a warranty 🤦🏾‍♂️ canon didn’t tell you guys that though. Mo did Cause to repair is 2000 dollars what a waste!

[@basicthinkingtv]

@FlySk8byDan $4,000 US for the XF105 and $3,000 US for the XF100

[@dbecerrap]

Would be nice that you have made this NOT on backlight!

[@RobJTeasdale]

I think 50 megabit rather than 50 megabyte. At 50 MB/s you would get about 655 seconds (11 mins) of footage per 32GB card. At 50 Mb/s you'd get about 87 mins. I don't want to be pedantic but it's an important destinction between MBs and Mbs (8 bits to the byte etc).

[@iviaverick52]

Two totally different classes of camera. 5DMKIII is better as an artistic tool, the XF105 is hands down more useful for professional broadcast that's going straight to a persons TV with very little editing (HD-SDI with SMPTE/Genlock is required for such a purpose).

[@ValmisFilm]

Can you make a video of all the features , like a tutorial. About audio, video, wb and so on?
I have a problem with the picture, it gets a lot of noise, I can sadly not detect it while shooting.

[@3xpl0si0nas]

Can this Canon XF105 output recording to external PC through HDMI or through SDI output? How these SDI outputs are called?

[@Viczey]

This camera is awesome. But I think thr 5D Mark III still being better. I'll wait for the XF110 or whatever thery are gonna call the next model so maybe Canon is going to upgrade te lens or put 3 CMOS 1/3 sensor like the XF305. So this would be the perfect camera I think :)

[@treebobjoe]

How is it in low light situations?

[@ashdot1111]

I have one of these on the way :)

[@rainbowsalads]

good point.

[@xxsnowthugxx]

what would you recommended the canon xf 105 or the sony nxcam hxr-nx5u.?

[@DESERTOXFARMS]

can you adjust the shutter speed?

[@129productions]

oh my god i am selling my vx2100 and canon gl1 and getting this lol this is great no more tapessss

[@FilmscoreMetaler]

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