Canon Releases 4k DSLR Hybrid

Canon’s new EOS-1DC is shipping. At $12k it aint cheap but it shoots both 4k and Uncompressed 1080 (up to 60p!).

Nofilmschool.com has this write up on the new Canon 1DC.

Designed specifically for the unique demands of the motion picture industry, the EOS-1D C Camera from Canon is a breakthrough in hybrid HDSLR technology–able to record stills, 4K and Full HD video, to either two on-board CF cards or uncompressed Full HD to outboard recorders.

The EOS-1D C is capable of recording Full HD (1920 x 1080) content to on-board CF cards with a choice of frame rates (24p, 25p, 30p, 50p and 60p), in two distinct fields of view (Full-Frame HD and Super 35mm Crop). Both are recorded as 8-bit 4:2:0 H.264 based Full HD video, and can be recorded at a number of frame rates all the way up to 60 progressive frames per second (which requires no up scaling in post when dropped into a 1920 x 1080 timeline).

NOTE: B&H has a special note “Not Returnable” so I guess no “test” shoots with this one yet until the right project comes up.

Some sample videos: