Canon XA55 4K Professional Camcorder

The Canon XA55 is the latest professional UHD 4K camcorder from canon. Fitting firmly within the Electronic News gathering category of camcorder, being an ideal fit or replacement option for your older unit, The XA55 holds the current broadcast quality standard, as resolution and detail are becoming more and more important, The XA55 contains a 15x optical zoom: which gives you an integrated range of 25.5 to 382.5mm (35mm equivalent) Meaning you won't miss a single moment or detail, 15x optical is the optimum range on a Processional camcorder as it is optimum on a 1" CMOS Sensor, meaning you have the versatility whilst still the finer image detail. A nine-bladed circular iris for more natural highlights, and wide DR gamma support for low-light recording. The camera's pro-style features include Dual Pixel and Contrast autofocus, fast- and slow-motion recording, full manual control, optical and electronic image stabilization, a 3" touchscreen LCD, user-assignable buttons, infrared mode, and a DIG!C DV 6 image processor with high sensitivity and low noise. The XA55 also has display monitoring features such as zebra, colour bars, and test tone and a built-in neutral density filter mechanism offering ND4, ND16, and ND64 options.

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The XA55 Professional Camcorder features a Canon 1.0-inch 4K UHD CMOS image sensor capable of 4K UHD video capture at 60p and slow motion recording up to 60fps in Full HD (30 fps in 4K UHD), making the XA55 camcorder a strong contender for professional productions, creative fields and more.

 

The XA55 camcorder's 1.0-inch sensor allows for larger photosites compared to smaller-sized sensors, resulting in improved images with less noise in low-light situations. The larger sensor also exhibits a shallower depth of field at large apertures, providing greater depth of field control and creative options. The camcorder's DiG!C DV 6 imaging engine further enhances the high sensitivity and low noise performance of the camcorder.

 

For natural and realistic-looking image capture that faithfully represents the scene at hand, Wide DR Gamma achieves a wide dynamic range of 800% to produce almost seamless tone gradations, resulting in smooth detail, accurate colour and virtually no blown-out highlights.

 

 

15x Optical 4K UHD Zoom Lens with 5-Axis Optical Image Stabilization The XA55 Professional Camcorder incorporates a Canon 4K video lens that leverages proprietary Canon optical technologies derived from years of experience in developing Cinema, Broadcast and EF series lenses.

 

Inspired by the same high level of optical precision used in Canon broadcast and photographic lenses, the Canon XA50 camcorder incorporates a Genuine Canon 15x optical zoom lens that maintains 4K UHD quality throughout the entire zoom range, and offers a focal length range of 25.5 to 382.5mm (35mm film equivalent). Users can get up to 30x Advanced Zoom when shooting in Full HD, which utilizes the XA55 camcorder's full 4K UHD sensor to extend the zoom range while maintaining image quality.

 

The XA55 camcorder also incorporates a 5-axis Optical Image Stabilization (IS) system.

The camcorder features three modes of image stabilization: Standard, Dynamic and Powered. In Standard IS mode, the stabilizing angle is made constant independent of the zoom magnification. Dynamic IS mode extends the stabilizing range at the wide end of the focal length, allowing for image stabilization when shooting while walking. Powered IS mode helps facilitate stabilization in the low frequency range at the tele end, and should be used exclusively for fixed-point shooting which does not involve panning.

 

For enhanced versatility and durability, the lens features a 9-blade iris, producing artistic and beautiful out-of-focus areas or "bokeh." The 9 blades allow for attractive circular blurring in out-of-focus regions, while the use of an odd number of blades helps reduce flaring of specular highlights.

 

A compact and independent internal 3-density ND filter, using a turret (circular) mechanism, allows the user to select from three densities (ND 1/4, ND 1/16 and ND 1/64) or turn the feature off if needed. Density can be adjusted using the dedicated external buttons

 

4:2:2 10-Bit 3G-SDI Output and XF-AVC Codec 10-bit Full HD output signal via HDMI with 4:2:2 compression that can be sent to an external recorder. Internally the camera records 4:2:0 8-bit video using Canon’s new XF-AVC codec.