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Low-Light and No-Light Production with Canon's ME20F-SH Camera
The Canon Me20f-sH is a breakthrough HD video camera that can literally see in the dark without resorting to monochrome infrared. it is able to provide full-raster 1080p color video with illumination of below 0.0005 lux at the camera's maximum 75 dB setting-equivalent to an iso sensitivity of more than 4 million. of course, you can expect to see grain when you push the camera to its limit like this, but you'll find that the large 19 µm pixels in the camera's CMos sensor will let you shoot remarkably clean video in less light than you probably ever have before.
The camera's modular design allows the user to choose the lens configuration, monitoring and recording devices, though it also means that very little is built-in. While its extreme light sensitivity is of obvious value for nature photography and surveillance video, the Me20fsH also delivers a cinema-quality HD image, opening up new possibilities for narrative and documentary filmmaking.
Features
the Canon Me20f-sH achieves unparalleled low-light sensitivity by employing a newly developed 35mm fullframe CMos sensor with larger light-sensing surfaces on each pixel. As a result, the camera attains a functional iso of more than 4 million (75 dB gain) while capturing full-color 1080p video up to 60 fps.
While the key feature of the Canon Me20f-sH is its extraordinary light sensitivity, it also produces an excellent image in normal light, and in environments that have great variations in light and dark areas. The ME20F-SH features include Canon Log and Wide DR, which yields a wide dynamic range (advertised as 12 stops) in both low-light and brightly lit conditions.
The Canon ME20F-SH camera body is modular and compact. It is essentially a cube weighing 2.4 pounds with a locking EF lens mount and professional I/O connections, including two 3G/HD-SDI connectors and an HDMI output. There is no internal recording system or built-in monitor. This is a deliberate choice that allows users to employ their preferred devices and future-proofs the camera as new monitoring and recording technologies develop. The camera captures 1080p and 720p footage in frame rates of 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 and 23.98, as well as 1080i 59.94 and 50.
In terms of handling audio, the...