Canon XF300 ready to ship!

Canon have released their first professional HD camcorder to feature Compact Flash recording - and more importantly, they've done it really well.

The XF300 and XF305 feature 50Mb/s recording and MPEG-2 full HD 4:2:2 colour sampling, which means you can get broadcast quality footage directly from the inexpensive, hot swappable CompactFlash cards used in these cameras. They also use the open source .MXF file format, which means that the recordings are fully compatible with all the major editing systems.

Both models feature Canon's advanced Digic DV III processor, combined with a 1/3" 3CMOS sensor system and the bespoke 18x Canon L-series Lens, which was designed specifically for this camera. The 1/3" type 3CMOS sensor gives a wide dynamic range and low noise, and Canon have employed high-speed data readout technology to minimise rolling-shutter skew - a common problem in other CMOS camcorders.

There's also 16-bit linear PCM audio recording at 48KHz from the integrated mic or from the two XLR inputs.

The slightly beefier XF305 comes with all these features plus HD-SDI output, genlock input and timecode input/output for studio and multi-camera operation.

We've got the XF300 in stock and ready for next day delivery now. Order your XF300 here.

You can also pre-order an XF305 here, and we'll send it out to you as soon as it hits our shelves.

To find out more about the XF300 series, or any of our cameras, give us a call on 03332 400 222, email broadcast@jigsaw24.com or t ake a look at our full broadcast range.