The widely respected television and video industry camera expert Alan Roberts has produced an independent test of Canon’s new EOS C300 digital cinema camera and CPN is now offering his findings here as a pdf download.

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Alan Roberts (right) receives the 2009 TiCA award from the Honorary President of The Guild of Television Cameramen, Tony Hibberd (left).

Roberts is a well-known authority in video and TV production, a leading expert on High Definition (HD) cameras, and has delivered talks at the IBC event and the Royal Television Society. In 2009 Roberts received the coveted The Guild of Television Cameramen’s Award (TiCA); an annual award given to someone who is not necessarily directly involved in making TV programmes, but has made a significant contribution to the art. Past winners of the TiCA award have included Sir David Attenborough, the ‘Big Cat Diaries’ TV programme and the Tour de France camera crew.

The citation for Alan Roberts’ 2009 TiCA award noted: “He has not only contributed to the technology behind the camera, with a huge number of White Papers, but has directly helped untold numbers of television cameramen get the very best images out of modern digital and high definition cameras. His advice and recommended set-ups have become the de facto settings throughout the world and he is constantly adding to this knowledge.”

To download a pdf of Alan Roberts’ independent test of the Canon EOS C300 simply click on the link in the ‘Downloads’ box on the right hand side of this page.

• Keep visiting the CPN website as we plan to post special downloads of some of Alan Roberts’ recommended settings for both Canon’s XF-series camcorders and the Canon EOS C300 and C300L digital cinema cameras.