Blog: Canon C80

Canon’s C70 was already one of the most interesting compact cinema cameras on the market. Then Canon released the C80, and suddenly the question became Canon C70 vs C80. Is the C80 actually better, or is the C70 still the camera to use? The short answer? The C80 is more advanced, but the C70 can…

There is a dangerous question that filmmakers ask themselves when choosing a cinema camera: “What camera should I buy?” Once you start researching, you’re about 14 minutes away from watching a 47-minute YouTube video comparing dynamic range charts from cameras you’ve never heard of. And somehow you’re now considering spending $18,000. The truth is, choosing…

With the Canon Cinema EOS C-Series, Canon has built one of the most confusing, and also most useful, cinema camera lineups in the industry. There’s the C70, the C80, the C300 Mark III and the C500 Mark II. And then there’s the C400, and now newer models are entering the lineup too. Canon Cinema EOS…

Documentary filmmaking is one of those types of production where the camera needs to be ready for basically anything. That’s why the best cameras for documentary filmmaking aren’t simply the ones with the highest resolution. Picture the kind of day a documentary can throw at you. You might be inside a dark room at 8…

Let’s just get this out of the way: Florida summer is hot. Not “it’s a little warm.” Hot. Shooting in the Florida heat requires preparation, not just for the camera, but for the people operating it. How hot? Hot enough that your camera operator is sweating through their shirt and your camera assistant is begging…