The announcement coincides with the launch of the Cinema EOS System, marking Canon’s full-fledged entry into the digital high-resolution production industry. The new professional digital cinematography system spans the lens, digital cinema camera and digital SLR camera product categories.

Further details regarding the new EOS digital SLR camera currently under development, including the product name, specifications and scheduled launch date, have yet to be decided.

EOS Movie: A New Industry Standard
Movie recording has been a standard feature in all newly introduced Canon EOS-series digital SLR cameras since the launch of the EOS 5D Mark II in November 2008. Coupled with the diverse array of lenses in Canon’s current interchangeable EF lens lineup, this feature has heralded rich visual expressive possibilities, delivering such characteristics as beautiful image blur and low noise while also garnering kudos for the mobility and maneuverability made possible through the cameras’ compact and lightweight body designs.

The impressive images created by the combination of Canon EOS digital SLR cameras and EF lenses, known as “EOS Movies,” have already earned their screen credentials on the sets of multiple productions, from television commercials and artist promotion videos to episodic dramas and even major motion pictures.

For more information and to view online demonstration footage of the new products please visit: www.canoncinemaeos.com

HOLLYWOOD, California, November 3, 2011/TOKYO, November 4, 2011

The introduction of the EOS C300/C300 PL coincides with the launch of the Cinema EOS System, marking Canon’s full-fledged entry into the digital high-resolution production industry. The new professional digital cinematography system spans the lens, digital cinema camera and digital SLR camera product categories.

Equipped with an EF lens mount, the EOS C300 is supported by an all-star cast of high-performance EF lenses, not only the wide array of interchangeable EF lenses for EOS SLR cameras that have earned the trust and respect of photographers around the world, but also the EF cinema lenses in the newly announced Cinema EOS System. When outfitted with a Canon EF lens, the C300′s peripheral illumination correction automatically corrects for vignetting in accordance with each lens’s optical characteristics, and enables iris control from the camera. Canon EF lenses also enable the recording of such metadata as the name of the lens used, aperture setting and shutter speed.ⁱ

The Canon EOS C300/C300 PL’s newly developed Super 35 mm-equivalent CMOS sensor incorporates approximately 8.29 million effective pixels and has a pixel size that is larger than that for conventional professional camcorders, enabling greater light-gathering capabilities for enhanced sensitivity and reduced noise. The sensor reads Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) video signals for each of the three RGB primary colors, decreasing the incidence of moiré while realizing high resolution with 1,000 horizontal TV lines.

Supported by a heightened signal read-out speed, the CMOS sensor reduces rolling shutter skews, a phenomenon prevalent with CMOS sensors in which fast-moving subjects may appear diagonally distorted. Additionally, the powerful combination of the sensor with Canon’s high-performance DIGIC DV III image processor facilitates high-precision gamma processing and smooth gradation expression.

In addition to MPEG-2 Full HD (MPEG2 422@HL compliant) compression, the EOS C300/C300 PL employs 4:2:2 color sampling for high-resolution performance that minimizes the appearance of “jaggies” at chroma edges. Additionally, with a maximum recording rate of 50 Mbps, the camera supports the recording of high-quality video.

The camera’s video and audio recording file format adopts the industry-standard MXF (Material eXchange Format), an open source file format ideally suited for non-linear editing systems. Recording to versatile, readily available CF cards, the EOS C300/C300 PL realizes high cost-performance and, equipped with two CF card slots, makes possible the simultaneous recording of video data to two CF cards.

With a compact body design measuring 5.2 (w) x 7.0 (h) x 6.7 (d) inches, the Canon EOS C300/C300 PL delivers exceptional maneuverability, enabling shooting from vantage points all but inaccessible to large cinema cameras, such as close to the ground for high-impact low-angle shots, and alongside walls. In accordance with on-location shooting needs, the camera can be outfitted with a handle, grip, thumb rest and monitor unit, and offers an array of industry-standard terminals, including HD/SD-SDI video output for the external recording of high-quality video content. When using a WFT-E6B wireless file transmitter for EOS digital SLR cameras (sold separately), the EOS C300/C300 PL can be controlled remotely by means of such common devices as smartphones or tablet PCs.

The camera is equipped with four start/stop buttons positioned at various locations to satisfy any preferred camera-holding style, and can be outfitted with a variety of third-party accessories, including matte boxes, follow focuses and external video and audio recorders. The unit also achieves seamless integration with third-party editing systems and provides added peace of mind through its dust-proof, drip-proof construction and built-in cooling system.

The new camera allows users to adjust image quality to match that of professional camcorders and EOS-series digital SLR cameras, and offers Canon Log Gamma, enabling flat image quality with subdued contrast and sharpness for maximum freedom in post-production editing and processing. In addition to frame rates of 59.41i, 50.00i, 29.97P, 25.00P and 23.98P, the EOS C300/C300 PL features a 24.00p mode, matching the 24 frame-per-second frame rate of film cameras for high compatibility with common film-production workflows.

Other features include fast-motion shooting, achieved by capturing fewer frames per second to create action up to 60x normal speed, and slow-motion down to 1/2.5xⁱⁱ made possible by capturing more frames per second. Frame rates between 1 and 60 frames per second (fps)ⁱⁱⁱ can be adjusted in increments of 1 fps. Additionally, a selection of Custom Pictures lets users freely adjust image quality for greater control over how content looks.

The Canon EOS C300 (EF mount) digital cinema camera is scheduled to be available in late January 2012 for an estimated list price of $20,000. The Canon EOS C300 PL (PL mount) digital cinema camera is scheduled to be available in late March 2012 for an estimated list price of $20,000.

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People have been asking about another sequel from the brothers for a few years now, but most thought it was fairly unlikely given Carey’s reluctance to appear in sequels. Yet, while promoting Mr Poppers Penguins Carey is quoted as saying “We’re talking about maybe returning to some old characters that everyone has been asking about. There’s ‘Bruce Almighty,’ and we’re talking about maybe another ‘Dumb and Dumber.”

The film was quickly treated to a prequel and a cartoon spin off TV series after the success of its original release back in 1994. A sequel, one imagines, would see what Harry and Lloyd and their pet beaver are up to now.

The Farralley’s are currently in post-production for The Three Stooges but they have reportedly got Sean Anders and John Morris (Sex Drive) on board to write a script that they intend to direct.

(source: www.joblo.com)

In the movie Norman, the town outcast, must use his supernatural abilities to talk to the dead to save the world from ghosts, zombies and utterly oblivious parents.

We are expecting Focus Features to release a teaser trailer in the next few days. The movie is set to be another stop motion animation, like it’s LAIKA predecessor and will be shown in 3D upon it’s release in August 2012.

The first teaser poster for the movie was released on Tuesday and bears the ominous tagline: “You don’t become a hero by being normal”.

(source: www.joblo.com)

A fair few loyal Indy fans were under whelmed by the latest instalment in the series, particularly with its central alien theme. In an interview with Empire Magazine Spielberg asserts however that “I didn’t want these things to be either aliens or inter-dimensional beings” and that he and Lucas had “big arguments” about the idea. Spielberg went on to explain however that in the end he folded because he felt he needed to be loyal to his “best friend”.

“When he writes a story he believes in – even if I don’t believe in it – I’m going to shoot the movie the way George envisaged it.”

Despite this some what controversial statement, Spielberg and Lucas are also in the middle of planning an Indy 5, slated for release in a couple of year’s time. Spielberg is also currently working on a Jurassic Park 4.

(source: www.empireonline.com)

The studio have enlisted writer Drew Pearce to begin work on the script for the third film, who is also developing a third installment in the Iron Man franchise with director Shane Black.

If the next Sherlock movie follows the same pattern as the first two we should expect to see it in cinemas Christmas 2013.

(source: www.joblo.com)

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“We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!”

Robinson is now set to take such feeling into a new American, and likely surreal, movie: The Rum Diary. Starring Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary is based on the book by journalist Hunter S. Thompson, with whom Depp is already familiar after starring in the drug fuelled cult wonder Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas.

The movie’s due out on November 11^th and set to star Amber Heard and Aaron Eckart alongside Depp, and the newly released clips give you a good idea of the intensity and black humor the movie promises.

Check out the trailer below:

(source: www.empireonline.com)

Rumours are now abounding about where and when you can get a hold of the infamous TDKR footage, and a source at AMC Theatres suggest that the previews, which may be limited to US and Canada only, will be released on December 16^th (five days prior to the official Mission Impossible release) in IMAX theatres.

There’s another catch though, it’s been suggested that not all the IMAX screens are going to be screening the preview, and in fact it looks more like it’ll be a scant few in the end. Warner Bros appear to have decided that rather than screening the previews on the more popular IMAX digital screens they’ll be limiting them to the IMAX 70mm theatres. Only four of the six IMAX theatres in the UK are equipped with 70mm projectors, most notably the one at the BFI IMAX Cinema in London.

(sources: www.joblo.com, AMC Theatres, www.bfi.org)