According to Fast Technology News on June 6, Canon announced the launch of the EOS C400 cinema camera, which is scheduled to hit the market in early September 2024, with the price yet to be announced.

The EOS C400 continues the basic functions of the EOS C500 Mark II (launched in December 2019) and EOS C300 Mark III (launched in June 2020) with improvements.

It not only uses an RF mount but also equips a 6K full-frame back-illuminated stacked CMOS image sensor, which can capture high-quality images with shallow depth of field and beautiful background blurring.

In addition, while having a rich set of interfaces, it achieves compactness and lightness, making it capable of excelling in film, TV drama, and other production scenarios. Even in live broadcasting and other video production sites, it can deliver cinematic image performance.

The EOS C400 is the first model in the CINEMA EOS system to adopt a 6K full-frame back-illuminated stacked CMOS image sensor. It also uses the DIGIC DV 7 image processor, enabling 6K 60P RAW and 4K 120P high frame rate video recording.

Furthermore, the camera can reproduce colors naturally from low-brightness to high-brightness areas, coupled with three basic ISO sensitivity modes (ISO800, ISO3200, ISO12800), further reducing noise in dark areas of the image and achieving 4:2:2 10 bit high-quality recording through 6K oversampling.

The EOS C400 is the first high-end model in the CINEMA EOS system to adopt an RF mount, allowing for a rich selection of RF lenses based on imaging needs.

Through the RF mount communication protocol, the device can achieve image quality enhancement functions such as magnification chromatic aberration correction, peripheral light quantity correction, and distortion correction within the camera body. It can also output metadata required for virtual production and is equipped with the second-generation Dual Pixel CMOS AF.

By installing the newly released mount adapter PL-RF (scheduled to be available in early September 2024), the EOS C400 can also use PL mount lenses, which are widely used in the video production industry. Additionally, by installing a separately sold EF mount adapter, the EOS C400 can effectively utilize EF mount lenses.