AUGUST 2017
Vol 238
Pick a Camera … any Camera We’re in the offices of Protel on the North Shore of Auckland with Ken Brooke and Ken is going to run through a couple of cameras that Protel has in stock as we speak. Ed: Ken, I guess the flagship today is the Canon C200 which has just arrived and you’ve sold several already? Ken: Yes, and we are awaiting more stock which will arrive shortly. Ed: Does it fit in that range of the C100, C300 but with some new features? Ken: I think it is designed to be an in-between model bridging between the C100 Mark II and the C300 Mark II. One of the key features for me is that it has improved processing and Canon’s new brilliant Dual Pixel Autofocus, something that really makes Canon stand out. It also has onscreen focus assist guides for when you’re using manual lenses or switching to manual mode on EF glass. Great for pin point accuracy when shooting 4K. Ed: I imagine you can change the position of where that little focus box is? Ken: Yes you can move the square focus frame around the shot by touching the screen, simple! The focus frame changes colour to green when you’re actually in full focus and there are quantitative indicators above the frame which squeeze up as you approach optimum focus. There are other features such as Full Auto Focus with Face and/ or Subject Tracking. I should point out some of the auto focus features work with Canon EF electronic lenses and even the two new par focal Compact Cinema Servo lenses too. Ed: Now this is particularly important because this is a 4K camera and, when you’re at 4K, the human eye, on a small viewfinder, it’s actually hard to pick up that fine focus?
… and Ken has the tripod to go with it.