Watch: 'The Ticket' Short Film by Po Chan Shot on the Canon 1DC: "Crushes the F65, Epic, Alexa in One Fell Swoop"

(Still from 'The Ticket' by Po Chan. Captured on the Canon 1DC)

Over at Shane Hurlbut's blog (he was the DP on 'Act of Valor' which was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II) director Po Chan describes using the new Canon Cinema 1D (1DC) for her short film 'The Ticket':

• When Canon approached me to test and shoot a short film for their new 1DC 4K DSLR, I was more than excited. This is the world that I have been trailblazing for quite some time. When the camera was delivered to Hurlbut Visuals, my Elite Team and I sent it through various tests, using what we had learned from our collective experience with the Canon 5D MK II. After the first night of testing, one word came to mind. WOW!!! 

• When you harness 4K into the small footprint of a 1D, give it the processing power to record to little CF cards with no external recording devices needed, then deliver an image that crushes the F65, Epic, Alexa in one fell swoop. Now that is where the WOW factor comes in. I can blind you with tech specs, wine and dine you with test footage, but this is not what I am about. If this unique device transports you and rivals 35mm film, then my job is done. 

• Everything about this camera will blow your mind. The image stands alone, with not even one competitor entering the playing field. What you are going to see on the web will never do this camera justice. You need to run out, knock down doors and demand screenings of this camera on a 4K Sony or Barco projector. I have walked up to 6 inches from the screen, and you cannot see a pixel. If there were only one booth, you could visit this week, that booth would be Canon. This is a company that I believe in, not because they make the best DSLRs in the world, but because they are coming from R & D that is about replicating film, not HD video. This is a big difference. Canon is delivering DIGITAL FILM, now in 4K, and in this creation, they combined both divisions – Video and DLSR. So you are getting the collective brain power of two huge engineering monoliths. This is a big step for Canon.

The Canon 1DC "crushes the F65, Epic, Alexa in one fell swoop."

Watch the film and get tech details here.

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