Help me choose a 12 bit 444 2K cam

[webrunner5]

About as good as it gets I think. Great focus, great colors, and able to be hand held.

[PannySVHS]

@webrunner5Well, as good as it gets under conditions with enough light, Don. Had to give your post the smiley for the preview image of the muscular youtubeer.:)

Under lowlight condition the internal 12bit 444 HD/2K of the C300II shows severe artefacts that make a GH4 seem like the codec champion of the universe. Cine 4K internal seems to be sweet under lowlight from my experience but always test yourself, as a famous DP once said about hundred years ago.

Anyway, original poster will not bother. But maybe some 12 bit 444 HD/2K lovers will care that a C300II will show problems, unless you record with an Odyssey 7Q. But then a much cheaper Sony F4 with extern al 10bit HD 444 or 422 would equal the exteral HD from the C300ii and smoke the internal variante.

[webrunner5]

Yeah but the Canon C line is about the only older stuff you can actually handhold for long periods of time., Sure there are better cameras but heck they need to be on sticks to work. That is pretty old hat in this day and age now.

[Django]

6 hours ago, PannySVHS said:

Anyway, original poster will not bother.

probably not this thread having been started 5 years ago 🤣

that said, you can find C300 II's for under 3 grand now which I find is a pretty sweet bargain and that 12-bit 444 2K codec is a big plus to me personally. There just aren't many if any cameras that offer non RAW 12-bit 444 codecs.

I do hear you that the sensor is getting old and probably gets noisy quickly in lowlight but there's a reason C300 II's have been a long standard in docu & broadcast filming. It does great in daylight and controlled environments.

I'm a fan of picking up older flagship cams at rock bottom bargain prices and C300 mk2 is one of them!

[PannySVHS]

It is a great image. Just be aware to test it before doing narrative under challenging conditions. Or record cine 4k or external. My little rule: Test it anyway before filming a valuable project. HD 444 internal turns into 5d2 mush in lowlight, looking just as bad. Cine 4k does much better, UHD 4k not so much.

[PannySVHS]

Also a very interesting prospect would be a Sony Cinealta F5, with its 2K 444 mode. Some of them even have a Prores and/or a 4K upgrade. Used ones sometimes run for less than a used C300ii does. Exchangeable mounts due to its native FZ mount are a very appealing feature btw.

[Andrew Reid]

@FHDcrewThink please about being more economical with posts, 3 separate posts one with an eBay link, then another one with an eBay photo and then yet another saying "crazy good deal" - it can all be put into a much smaller space within just one post. Thanks.

I am selling my own F5 at the moment in the UK. £2225

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125465850228?hash=item1d3658f174:g:rLgAAOSwqrli-sZL

I'd point people to that before some unknown seller.

[FHDcrew]

9 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

@FHDcrewThink please about being more economical with posts, 3 separate posts one with an eBay link, then another one with an eBay photo and then yet another saying "crazy good deal" - it can all be put into a much smaller space within just one post. Thanks.

I am selling my own F5 at the moment in the UK. £2225

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125465850228?hash=item1d3658f174:g:rLgAAOSwqrli-sZL

I'd point people to that before some unknown seller.

Yeah my bad, I made the OG post and then noticed the link didn’t embed. Also forgot you are selling, my bad!  I don’t have a problem if you delete these posts, was just trying to point out the prices are nuts.