kevin gann
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2024
Netflix approved. 10 stop Internal ND filters. Insane dynamic range. Ridiculously affordable price. Been using mine for years now, recently bought a second one.
Ross J. Mehan
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2024
I got this after graduating from my trusty C100 M2. I feel the camera has a decent feature set, video format choices and good image quality, but is overpriced IMHO. But once you have built-in NDs and Audio it's really hard to go back. Super35 sensor is good , but don't expect great lowlight performance. Electronic IS is a joke, but I knew it would be. The main thing I miss is no EVF - very had to use the display in sunlight. Also, even with the improved hinge Canon really dropped the ball on a very poor display hinge. I wish I could say I love this camera, but I don't - it's met, but not exceeded many of my expectations. I feel the C70 fills a niche for certain run and gun shooting but at a hefty price tag.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2023
La caméra a arrêté d'enregistrer quelques mois après l'achat. Le vendeur dit que la caméra n'a pas de garantie. Pourtant la caméra est sur la période d'un an de la garantie. Le papier de la garantie est en portugais et il dit elle est seulement valide au Brésil. J'attends la réponse d'amazon pour que la garantie A-Z couvre cette fraude avant de faire des démarches légales.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2022
This camera is only nearly full frame with an 0.71x adapter, but the main problem is the lack of image stabilization (the digital image stabilization system is not working as advertised, unfortunately), and the camera lacks the CFexpress card slot, which is a big drawback. I don't mind the RAW feature though. And the optical viewfinder is sorely missing. The price of this thing is exorbitant! The price/value ratio is pretty much limited.Some details after 1 year of evaluation:1. There is a heavy antialiasing and moire problem that make most of my recordings unusable!!! The effect is increased when Digital IS is switched on. DIS makes every straight-line jitter, no matter which lens or zoom range I am using.2. The autofocus is really bad, probably worst than in my R7 camera, despite the Face Priority mode which would have been nice, but not working properly.3. The battery is pretty mediocre, but costs a fortune!4 The LCD panel is full of garbage, the hinge already came off from the body of the camera. Poor engineering.5. It is prone to be get scratched due to the plastic of the body and there are also stains on it. Ugghh.
Steven Irvine
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2022
Ignore what the other 2 reviews said. They haven't used it long enough to actually have an opinion on this camera. Anyone on YouTube will tell you it's an incredible camera or anyone who's used it for real shoots and in various scenarios.I've shot with just about everything from rental houses (Arri, Red, Canon C300's, you name it). This was an easy purchase simply because the price and features were right for what I was looking for. $5500 for a Super 35 cinema camera with incredible features in a small size. Waveform, zebras, false color, focus guide, pretty good AF, RAW, 4K in multiple file types, plethora of I/O, you get the picture. I've shot around 70 corporate, sports, and interviews with this camera and I'm still in love with it after 18 months.The color out of this camera is awesome. In fact I shot with a Komodo the other day side by side and I preferred this color profile when I took them both into Resolve. Shot both with RF L glass and this just looked better to me. I mean it's the same freakin sensor from the C300 MkIII so this camera is no slouch. It's so good I almost bought a second one instead of a Komodo. I actually went with an R5C as my second cam since I thought so highly of the C70 and how the C70 made the Komodo feel like it wasn't worth 6 grand since you're just paying for the Red name value.Everytime I rent bigger rigs I love going back to my C70 simply due to how much it packs in such a small body. I don't have to cage it since you don't need a v-mount or rails. It has built-in ND's so no matte box, and the BP-A30 and A60 batteries it takes last up to 1.5 hours or 3 hours so no need for external power especially if you have one of each battery. Mini-XLR is a bummer but it's a compromise I'll take for not having to lug around a C300 body. Most people record to external recorders anyway.One of the reviews knocked it for not having an EVF but who the heck shoots video on a camera this size with an EVF. Sure you shoot with an EVF on bigger rigs, but smaller cameras like this? That's what a monitor is for just due to ergonomics alone. And it doesn't have optical image stabilization but it does have digital IS which works really well with the IS built into all the RF L glass. But that does make you have to get the RF L glass which is a huge cost.It just baffles me that for $5500 you can say this is a bad value when it gives 4K RAW, 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 in XF-AVC or MP4. It has built-in ND's. Incredible battery life. 3 audio sources including 2 mini-XLR and 1 3.5 jack with a headphone jack for monitoring. And the image quality is fantastic. If you say this image quality isn't good, then you're saying the sensor in the C300 MkIII is trash too which is just false. Considering the C300 is the staple for documentary filmmaking (ie Free Solo since that's all that Jimmy Chin shoots on) this camera packs a freakin punch in such a small body for this price range.
Jason Nolen
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2022
Overpriced and in my opinion, junk. There's better cameras out there for less than half the cost of this paperweight.