Continue reading »]]> Company Now Offers Five Primes and Four Zooms Designed to Capture 4K for EOS Cinema Camera Line

Canon went wide and long with the announcement this week of two more EF-mount prime lenses for its Cinema EOS System. The new CN-E14mm T3.1 L F and CN-E135mm T2.2 L F lenses will extend the line-up on both ends of the focal spectrum, augmenting the already released 24mm, 50mm, and 85mm primes. The 14mm lens is expected to ship in April for an estimated retail price (ERP) of $5,500, with the 135mm model to follow in May for an ERP of $5200.

The new lenses will be fully compatible with Canon’s EOS C500, EOS C300, EOS C100, and EOS-1D C cameras, the company said, with f-stop display in the viewifnder, recording of focus and zoom positions and f number, and — with forthcoming camera firmware upgrades — peripheral light compensation image-processing.

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Canon has so far released four zoom lenses for the Cinema EOS system in both EF- and PL-mount versions: two “top-end” zoom lenses (the CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 wide-angle zoom and the CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 telephoto zoom) and two compact zooms (the CN-E15.5-47mm T2.8 wide-angle zoom and the CN-E30-105mm T2.8 telephoto zoom). The five primes have been designed to match the zooms in color tone and balance, all of the cinema lenses have 11-blade aperture diaphragms, and all of the lens elements are designed to be appropriate for 4K cinematography, Canon said.

Shooters can always use still-photography EF-mount lenses with Canon’s digital cinema cameras, but the Cinema EOS lenses have been designed for motion-picture work with 300-degree focus-ring rotation and engraved focus scales for precision focus control during a shoot. They’re also compatible with industry standard accessories like matte boxes and follow-focus gear.

For more information: www.usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/lenses/cinema_lenses

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Continue reading »]]> July 11, 2012 – Pavtube Studio is glad to announce that its Canon Column Page is launched on its official site at www.pavtube.com. Due to format compatibility issues, Canon camera and camcorder owners are always having troubles importing Canon footage to video editors for native edit. Canon offers plug-ins e.g. Canon XF utility to help users import video shootings, but this only comes with very limited success, that’s why we release the Canon Column Page and provide fastest and easiest conversion solutions for people who are using Canon cameras and camcorders that range from Canon XF Series professional camcorders (e.g. the XF100, XF105, XF300, and XF305), Canon VIXIIA cameras (e.g. the HF-S10, Vixia HFS100, HF200, and HF M300), Canon EOS Digital LSR cameras (e.g. the Canon T4i EOS 650D, 5D Mark III, Canon T3i EOS 600D, T2i EOS 550D, and Canon 60Da) to Cinema EOS C300 camera and Canon PowerShot cameras.

Read through the Canon Column Page, you are able to find out solutions focusing on the following questions:

1. How to work with Canon MXF media files without using Canon software (XF Utility)?

– These solutions are particularly useful for Canon XF Series camcorder users and Canon C300 users.

2. How to upload Canon footage in MTS, MOV, MVI, MTS format for editing with Final Cut Pro 6/7, FCP X, iMovie, Avid Studio, FCE, Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, and PowerDirector?

– These solutions are available for almost all Canon camera and camcorder users, as long as your devices are recording videos in the above mentioned formats.

3. How to change Canon recordings to MP4, MPEG, AVI and WMV files for playback and editing use?

– These solutions are provided for people who are attempting to copy Canon MXF to MP4, transfer Canon MXF to MPEG, and change Canon H.264 MOV into 1080p AVI and 1080p WMV.

4. What is the best way to burn Canon video clips to a blank DVD disc on Mac OS?

– This solution is helpful for people who are running a Mac computer and intending to burn MTS files taken with a Canon AVCHD camera on a DVD disc with iDVD.

Software Requirement

Pavtube HD Video Converter (Windows Version / Mac Version) 

This all-in-one Canon Video Converter software comes with full support for almost all Canon videos. Thus, it can be used as a Canon MXF Converter, a Canon MTS Converter, a Canon MOV Converter, and a Canon MVI Converter.

System Requirements for Windows PC

– Operating System: Windows XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7

– DirectX Version: 9.0 or above

– Memory: 64MB at least

– Processor: 500MHz Intel or 500MHz AMD CPU

– Hard Disc Space: 512MB or above

System Requirements for Mac PC

-1GHz or above Intel processor

– Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8)

– 512 MB physical RAM (memory) or more

– 1024*768 or higher resolution display