Canon C200 vs URSA Mini Pro 4.6K

It’s been a while since Canon had a product release that excited filmmakers. Well, I think the just-announced Canon C200 cinema camera will stir up a lot of interest in the filmmaking community.

It is great to see the Canon C200 priced at the level of the BlackMagic URSA Mini 4.6K. In this video I compare these two cameras to see whether the C200 can dethrone the URSA Mini 4.6K as the best budget (and best value) cinema camera.

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You can get the Canon C200 at
B&H https://goo.gl/F55dOL
Adorama https://goo.gl/8LlEcH
Henry's https://goo.gl/UxKDWH

Also the URSA Mini Pro at
B&H https://goo.gl/oAb4Ge
Amazon http://amzn.to/2qCSKMH

Body: 1-1
Canon C200 has 2 pro Audio XLR connections, buttons to control the main camera settings. Weighs only 3.2lbs
Also has built in ND filters with 2-46 stops and also expandable 8 and 10 stops.

URSA has pro audio and all the same controls including built in NDs but those are only 2-4-6 stops.
Also the URSA is bigger in size and weighs 5.1lbs, plus to really use it you have to add the battery plate and Vmount or Anton Bauer botteries which weight a lot more than Canon's batteries.

URSA has a built in touch screen LCD, with the basic Canon C200 you don't get that unless you buy it sepeteratly, but the C200 has a EVF which the URSA doesn't have unless again you buy it seperately.

Now the URSA has 2 SDI out ports, also has SDI in and timecode in. I would say both camera have eaqual value in that department.

I scored each camera based on different categories. Read below to see what I thought of each.

Recording Media: 0-1
Canon C200 has dual SD Cards and 1 Cfast.

URSA
Dual SD and Dual Cfast.

Codec: 0-1
Canon C200 uses new Canon Cinema RAW Light which is so far only supported in Davinci Resolve or also in Avid using a plugin. Records in 12 bit in 4K up to 30fps or 10bit at 60fps.
It's compressed so it gives you more recording time than Canon Cinema Raw. About 15min of 4K on a 128GB CFast Card.
Otherwise you will need to transcode it to other formats using Canon's CRD software. Can capture the full 15 stops of light.

Also records in MP4 codecs at 150Mbps in 4K and 35mbps HD at 8Bit.

URSA Records in industry standard Cinema DNG and also compressed DNG which at this time are also not supported outside of Davinci Resolve. 12 bit up to 4K 60fps.
Also in Apple Pro Res all flavours.

Slow Motion: 1-0
Canon C200 can go up to 120fps in HD and in 4K up to 60fps same as URSA Mini. Except ursa Mini crops in when shooting in 120fps so your field of view changes.

ISO: 1-0
C200 goes up to 25600 and Canon claims it's usable up to that range. With expandable ISO it goes up to 102400.
URSA goes up to ISO 1600 and that's it.

Auto Focus: 1-0
C200 has Canon's amazing Dual Pixel AF system.

URSA has no AF at all.

Image quality: 1-1
C200 can capture up to 15 stops of dynamic range and in 12bit 4K so can the URSA Mini. Will the cameras look different from each other? of course!
I would say the quality is great on both cameras it just comes down to your prefrence.

Final Score!
Canon C200 gets 5 points and URSA gets 4

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