The Verge

The Canon XF300 represents the upper tier of the company's professional line of camcorders. Carrying three Full HD CMOS sensors and recording at a 50Mbps bit rate, the XF300 utilizes the Canon HD-L series lens with up to 18x optical zoom functionality and records to Compact Flash memory.

Description

• Camera type: Professional video
• Width: 15.04 inches
• Height: 9.29 inches
• Depth: 6.02 inches
• Weight: 5.8 pounds
• Color: Black
• Internal image stabilization: Yes

Hardware

• Fastest shutter speed (1/n seconds): 2000

Controls

• Video capture: Yes
• Max. resolution: 1080p
• Standard framerate(s): 24, 30, 60
• Continuous AF: Yes
• NTSC / PAL recording: NTSC

Video

• Focal length (wide): 4.1 mm
• Focal length (telephoto): 73.8 mm
• Focal length (35mm equivalent - wide): 29.3 mm
• Focal length (35mm equivalent - telephoto): 527.4 mm
• Widest aperture / f-stop: 1.6

Lens

• Built-in microphone: Yes
• Microphone input: Yes

Audio

• Model: BP-955
• Removable: Yes

Battery