{"id":490,"date":"2015-11-08T20:43:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T20:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.magnanimousrentals.com\/resources\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2020-04-11T20:07:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T20:07:04","slug":"canon-c300-mark-ii-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/canon-c300-mark-ii-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon C300 Mark II &#8211; First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.canon.com\/cusa\/professional\/products\/professional_cameras\/cinema_eos_cameras\/eos_c300_mark_ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canon C300 Mk II<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">carries on the legacy that the original<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/rental\/canon-eos-c300-ef-body-kit\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canon C300<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">created. It&#8217;s a camera that will thrive in all fields of cinema, especially documentary. I was lucky enough to get my hands on one for a evening a couple months before its release. With no real plan, we hired 2 models and went searching for shots in downtown Chicago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Most of the footage is shot at ISO 4000 with a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/rental\/canon-ef-24105mm-f4l-is-zoom-lens\/66\"> Canon 24-105mm<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">L series lens. I also had a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/rental\/schneider-xenon-ff-35mm-t21-cinema-prime-lens--ef\/40\">Schneider Xenon FF 35mm<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">as well. I shot Canon Log 2 \u00a0with C.Gamut color space in UHD. Instead of doing a grade I applied the Canon LUT for my desired settings: CinemaGamut_CanonLog2-to-BT.<wbr \/>709_WideDR<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/canon-c300-mkii2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-472 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/canon-c300-mkii2.jpg\" alt=\"canon c300 mkii\" width=\"600\" height=\"519\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/canon-c300-mkii2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/canon-c300-mkii2-300x260.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/519;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/142556082?color=ffffff\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/142556082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canon C300 Mark II &#8211; First Look &#8211; Night Shoot<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">from<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/magnanimousrentals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magnanimous Media<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">Watch it in 4K here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/izk5ZTzM2u0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">No adjustments were made to the footage after the LUT was applied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cinematographer<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/scottoldis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Oldis<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">took the new Canon C300 mkii out for a quick daylight\u00a0test as well. I did the grade and started with Canon Log 2. When this daylight video was shot none of the Canon LUTs were available online. The grade was done in Davinci Resolve using the basics. I started by adding contrast and saturation to the image. I then used the primary controls to further dial in contrast.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/141584723?color=ffffff&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/141584723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canon C300 Mark II &#8211; First Look &#8211; First Look<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">from<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/magnanimousrentals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magnanimous Media<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">Watch it in 4K here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohTfU1trOIo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Written by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1831777\/videos\/appears\/sort:date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Lillard<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canon C300 Mk II carries on the legacy that the original Canon C300 created. It&#8217;s a camera that will thrive in all fields of cinema, especially documentary. I was lucky enough to get my hands on one for a evening a couple months before its release. With no real plan, we hired 2 models and went searching for shots in downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[5,6,4],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-equipment-review","tag-canon-c300-markii","tag-canon-c300-review","tag-canon-c300mkii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1188,"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/1188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magnanimousrentals.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}