So, recently enough, Canon released the newest 1D camera, their most professional grade camera line. It's the Canon EOS 1D-C. Now, this is something new, because the C stands for Cinema. It's the first DSLR to be able to shoot 4k video, which is 4 times the size/quality of 1080p.This camera is basically a replica of the Canon 1D-X, except its video capabilities. Something itneresting about it being able to take 4k video is that you can actually extract frames from the video to use as pictures. This wasnt possible previously because the quality of video was less than half the quality of a "medium" size picture file. The details in the picture would be much less, and colors more easily blown out. Now, with this camera, one frame is about the same size as an 8 MP shot on my much cheaper T2i. Yet, at the same time, you get video, and the ability to choose from 24 frames each second for the one perfect shot, compared to the about 3.7 on my cheaper DSLR. However, there is a slight downside to this 4k video on the 1D-C: it's compressed, not RAW. Many photographers shoot in RAW uncompressed files so that they can be more easily manipulated in post, however, video is almost always always compressed, as is the case with the 1D-C. I mean, it'll still look incredible and be quite usable, but it's still not quite there. Currently, to get RAW 4k footage, you'd need an actual cinema camera that would likely cost upwards of $20,000 such as the RED Epic (about $35,000 to get up and running) or Sony Cinealta F65 (More than that).
Check out a investigation done by cinematographers (including the famous Phillip Bloom) here:
If you're interested in buying it, look here, and then give up.
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