Nikkor Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Canon is offering owners of its Cinema EOS C100 the chance to add Dual Pixel AF to this video-centric camera. This will enable continuous autofocus during recording with all Canon EF lenses, and double one-shot AF speed with 104 fully-supported lenses. Interestingly the upgrade doesn't involve a change of sensor, but instead enables a hitherto-unused hardware capability. However it will require the camera to be sent to a Canon service centre, and in the US will cost $500. Canon USA's press release about this update is decidedly opaque, leading to some reports suggesting that the process involves a sensor swap. However Canon Europe is much more explicit about what's going on, so we've reproduced its press release below. http://***URL removed***/news/2013/11/06/canon-offers-dual-pixel-af-upgrade-for-cinema-eos-c100-camera?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_0 It would be nice if magic lantern would hack this and make the camera record all the pixels, the c100 would become the ultimate anamorphic camera, no more ugly noise streching and incredible resolution. Anyway, I'm not shure if the pixels are really full pixels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoodlum Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 It is Interesting to see that the C100 came with the Dual-Pixel technology before the 70D. So Canon is now charging $500 for a firmware upgrade. I guess this is where they expect to make their profits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgharding Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 If this is firmware, then they hid dual-pixel AF in the C100? That means it's in the C300 too, and they just kept it a secret til 70D... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted November 6, 2013 Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2013 I too thought C100 and C300 (and C500?) have same sensor. So if they have enabled it in firmware on the C100, why not C300? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Doesn't the C100 use all its pixels for image capture? In that case, Dual Pixel AF might affect the performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Ashcraft Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Having used this in a 70D, I can safely say I really want a C100 now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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