With Canon C50, you can record your videos at a highest resolution of 6960 x 4640 at 60p,30p,24p fps and save in MPEG-4, XF-AVC, H.264 and H.265 formats. This means that Canon C50 provides an impressive 6K video, only second to 8K cameras in high resolution. Although it is not a very widely used format, it gives the user enough extra room over 4K to do cropping or high quality sampling in post-process.
A great advantage of Canon C50 while shooting video at resolution of 4K is that there is no crop factor so you can use your lens at its actual focal length.
No Video Recording Limit Canon EOS C50 doesn't have the 30 minutes max video recording limitation that many cameras have, so you can keep recording non-stop until either your storage is full or battery is depleted or the camera over-heats.
Photo/Video Mode Switch Canon EOS C50 has a dedicated Photo/Video Mode Switch which lets the user switch between these two modes quickly.The menus and the settings of the camera are adjusted according to the chosen mode. This makes the . Canon EOS C50 an ideal camera for hybrid use in the field.
Dual Native ISO Canon EOS C50 sensor has a dedicated Dual Native ISO that are set to ISO 800 and 6400. Setting the C50 ISO to one of these values during video recording will result in less noise compared to the ISO values between these two.
High-Speed Video C50 features a high speed mode where it captures videos at 180fps which helps to create slow motion videos. If you shoot a video at a frame rate of 180fps and play it back at 24fps, the video will be 7.5x slower and longer than normal.
Microphones, Speaker and Headphone Connections Canon EOS C50 has a built-in Stereo microphone and a Mono speaker. Canon C50 also has a port for an
external microphone and a
headphone port for connecting external headphones which makes the Canon C50 a very suitable camera high quality videography.
Sennheiser MKE 600 Shotgun Microphone Also Read:
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If you are getting into videography and want to know what are the must-have video accessories for your camera, read our article: Essential Videography / Filmmaking Accessories for your Camera
Electronic Video Stabilization Canon C50 also features an Digital Video Stabilization mode where videos are stabilized in-camera while you are shooting. Keep in mind that this effect may crop your videos a little bit and doesn't help stabilizing still images. This kind of video stabilization effect can be replicated by using some of the advanced video editing softwares in your PC.
To get the most effective and natural-looking stabilization in your videos, you can consider using a Gimbal stabilizer such as the DJI RS 5 Gimbal Combo Kit with AI Tracking Module & Briefcase Handle below. Check
Recommended Stabilizers for the Canon C50 for a full list of gimbals.
DJI RS 5 Gimbal Combo Kit with AI Tracking Module & Briefcase Handle
