Canon launch the XF105 and XF100

The XF300's little brothers, the XF100 and XF105 look likely to  give Sony's HVR-A1E and JVC's GY-HM100 a run for their money, recording broadcast quality MPEG-2 full HD in .MXF format onto Compact Flash cards.

Both cameras support 4:2:2 colour sampling and have a dual memory card slot, meaning you can use two hot-swappable Compact Flash cards at once to enable relay recording or double slot recording (a new feature in which footage is saved to both cards simultaneously). They're also compatible with the main NLEs - Canon XF Utility software and plug-ins for FCP and Media Composer are included as standard.

Other key features include:

• A 1/3 type, 2.07 megapixel Canon CMOS sensor that captures full HD at native 1920x1080 resolution
• A new 10x zoom, 30.4mm wide-angle Canon HD video lens
• A three-level digital tele-converter function that can extend the lens' focal length by 1.5x, 3x or 6x, depending on how close to the action you want to get.
• Canon's advanced Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS)
• Support for 1080/50i, 1080/25p, 720/50p and 720/25p

The XF105 also boasts HD/SD-SDi output, genlock and timecode over BNC.

The XF100 and 105 are slated for release in January 2011, with pricing to be announced soon. In the meantime, you can take a look at our full broadcast range, or find out more by giving our broadcast team a call on 03332 400 222 or emailing broadcast@Jigsaw24.com.