The XF305 - Canons newest professional digital video camera for event videographers, film makers, news gatherers, and live multi-camera environments - is truly state of the art.Designed through feedback from professional camera operators, the XF305 is also very mobile, with excellent balance between operation and weight.
Canon’s first Professional file-based HD Video Camera
Versatile file-based recording, direct to readily available CF Cards allowing easy integration in to standardized workflows
fast processing with 1/3 inch 3CMOS Sensor System
A low noise system supporting slow and fast motion shooting and faster scanning reducing rolling shutter skews
Range Optical Image Stabilizer and Instant AF
Dynamic, Powered, and Normal image stabilization settings. Instant AF with Face Detection technology
HD L Lens: 29.3 - 527.4mm f/1.6 – f/2.8 with 18x Optical Zoom
Equipped with a large L series Lens with a centre resolution of 1,000 TV lines, offers enhanced resolution at all zoom levels
Industry standard MXF format support
Material Exchange Format (MXF) is an established international standard which enables the use of metadata in broadcasting and other applications
MPEG-2 FULL HD (4:2:2) recording codec
This newly developed Canon XF codec enables high quality imaging and audio performance with up to 50Mbps data recording
4.0 inch LCD with 270° rotation and Viewfinder
A freely rotating 270 degree (left and right), 35 degree (front), 4.0 inch 1.23MP HD LCD Panel with 100% coverage allows for greater usability and mobility
Industry Standard Terminals
Genlock, HD / SD SDI and Time Code for seamless integration into multi camera live switch shoots
Specifications
Format Type
Movies: CF Card Type I only (2 Slots), UDMA4 recommended; Stills: SDHC/SD Cards
Sensor
1/3 inch 3CMOS
Image Processor
DiG"C DV III
Movie Compression System
MPEG-2 Long GOP 4:2:2 (50 Mbps)
File Format
MXF
Effective Pixels
1920 x 1080
Optical Zoom
18x
Focal Length (nominal)
4.1 . 73.8mm
Focal Length (35mm equivalent)
Approx. 29.3 . 527.4mm
F number
f/ 1.6 . 2.8
Filter Diameter
82mm
Focus Ring
Provided (electronic ring); either [AF/MF] mode with no rotational limit or [FULL MF] mode with rotational limit and distance indicator can be selected.
Zoom Ring
Provided (electronic ring). Focal length indicator, zoom limit provided. Manual zoom/Power zoom.
Zoom Rocker
One of three settings (Slow, Normal or Fast) can be selected for the power zoom mode and, in each mode, either a variable speed (16 steps) or fixed speed (16 steps) can be set.
Iris Ring
Provided (electronic ring)
Aperture leaves
6 iris aperture leaves, material used: Metal (treated for immunity from sunlight-induced burns)
Close up distance
1 m (entire zoom range), 20 mm with wide macro
Image Stabilizer
Optical system (lens shift system adopted/Super range system support)
Zoom/focus preset function
None
One push AF function
(Button operation)
ND filter
3 steps of ND1 (ND: 1/4), ND2 (ND: 1/16), ND3 (ND: 1/64); Material used: Glass (treated for immunity from sunlight-induced burns)
Filter diameter and pitch
O 82 mm / P0.75 mm
50 Mbps CBR (4:2:2) [422P@HL]
1920 x 1080
PAL . 50i / 25P
1280 x 720
PAL . 50P / 25P
35 Mbps VBR (4:2:0) [MP@HL]
1920 x 1080
PAL . 50i / 25P
1280 x 720
PAL . 50P / 25P
25 Mbps CBR (4:2:0) [MP@H14]
1440 x 1080
PAL . 50i / 25P
Light Metering Method
Centre-weighted / Spot / Backlight Correction
Exposure Compensation
}7steps
White Balance Mode
AWB, Set (2 positions). Preset (Daylight/Tungsten), Colour Temperature (2,000K . 15,000K)
Min Illumination
3.8 Lux (shutter speed 1/50 sec), 0.05 Lux (shutter speed 1/3 sec)
View Screen / Pixels
4.0 inch 16:9 ratio wide screen LCD screen (1,230,000 dots), 100% coverage
Angle adjustment enabled with high, low angle support and self portrait shooting possible
Brightness, contrast, colour, sharpness and backlight adjustment
Viewfinder (Colour)
0.52 inch 16:9 ratio wide screen LCD screen (1,555,000 dots), 100% coverage
Angle adjustment enabled.
+2.0 to -5.5 diopter, 3-lens configuration
Brightness, contrast, colour, sharpness and backlight adjustment
Recording Modes
Auto / 50i / 25P
Special Recording Modes
Frame Rec, Interval Rec, Slow & Fast Motion, Pre-Rec
Audio Data
Linear PCM (16-bit, 48KHz), 2-ch
Audio Level Metering
Manual audio level VR metering & control
Wind Screen
Wind Low-Cut setting x2
Capture Size
1920x1080
Memory Card Type
SDHC / SD slot
Input Power Supply
7.4 V DC (Battery Pack), 8.4 V DC (DC IN)
Terminals
Input Signals:
XLR 3-pin jack
Output Signals:
HDMI (Type-A)
USB (mini-B, USB 2.0 Hi-Speed)
AV (3.5mm, 4-pole mini-jack)
Component
Headphone (3.5mm Stereo mini-jack)
Remote (2.5mm Stereo mini-jack)
Video2 terminal (BNC Connector)
Genlock input (BNC Connector)
HD /SD SDI output (BNC Connector)
Time Code input / output (BNC Connector)
Operating Platforms
Canon XF Utility -
PC: Windows XP SP2/SP3 (32-bit), Vista SP1/SP2 (32/64-bit), Windows 7
(32/64-bit)
Mac: OS X 10.4 to 10.6
Dimensions W x H x D
153 x 236 x 382mm
Weight exc. battery (g)
Approx. 2,630g
