Canon finally announced the long rumored 4k compact camera XC10, the camera will deliver professional 4K quality to aspiring filmmakers and enthusiasts, the XC10 is built with 1” CMOS sensor and Canon’s new DIGIC DV5 image processor, you can also capture 12MP of still images with this sensor..
The grip of the camera can be rotated …
The most important part of the announcement the canon also added newly developed 4K video recording format the XF-AVC to the XC10 camera, so you can enjoy the High bit rate XF-AVC files, great for post production.
The cam can record UHDTV standard (3840 x 2160) 4K footage to an internal CFast 2.0™¹ card at up to 305Mbps, or Full HD (1920 x 1080) footage to an SD card at up to 50Mbps, with pro-standard 4:2:2 colour sampling for high resolution performance.
The camera also features built-in WiFi for wireless file sharing and that will enable remote control of key features via a browser, smartphone or tablet.
The Canon XC10 should be available in mid-June 2015. No word yet on official US pricing, UK pricing around £1,599.99.
eh… Compact 4K camera??? There’s a post of the Sony RX100M4 right underneath this one…. Now THAT is a compact 4K camera.