NAB Interview: Canon's Chuck Westfall on the Canon XF205 Pro Camcorder
Almost Live with Streaming Media reports from NAB 2014 with an up-close look at the new Canon XF205 Pro Camcorder.
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Streaming Media Producer contributing editor Shawn Lam and Canon Technical Adviser Chuck Westfall met at NAB 2014 to discuss the Canon XF205, a new compact pro camcorder model that provides a higher-end, more richly featured stablemate to the XA25 and succeeds the widely used, HD-SDI-equipped, MXF-capable XF105.
The new model delivers the 20x optical zoom and dynamic image stabilizer of 2013's Streaming Media Best of NAB-winning XA25, but supports not only MP4 recording (like the XA25) but also 50Mbps, 4:2:2 MXF, broadcast-ready recording. Hence the "XF" designation. The XF205 also adds 3G-SDI to the XA25's HD-SDI, plus Genlock and timecode.
"It also uses the same heavier battery as the 105 series, which will last longer in the field," Westfall says. "There's also dual-band WiFi--both input and output--so in addition to FTP transmission, you also have the ability to do browser remote control. Coming in with a smartphone or tablet, live preview, and all your camera controls."
Here is the full press release on the Canon XF205 and the simultaneously released XF200.
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