Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
First of a short series of low light tests of Canon's XF200 and Xf205 camcorders.
Here it's compared with Canon's XA20 which has the same lens and sensor and, for interest, a Sony Z5.
Shot fully wide (f1.8) in 35Mbps mp4 at 50p. Lit by a single 15W energy-saver bulk equivalent to a 75W tungsten bulb, in a diffused uplighter, 4m away. In other words, very dark indeed.
*** NOTE: No custom profile (CP) was applied so it is unclear what level of noise reduction is being applied. It doesn't appear to be "none" because specifying "NR Off" in a CP makes a very noisy picture indeed. Yet the image is not the same as when a CP sets NR to "Auto", so it's very unclear what processing the camera applies when no CP is used.***
(The video was re-uploaded after this NR issue was discovered, previously we believed the NR was set to none but this cannot be the case, from our observations of what specifying 'none' looks like in a custom profile)
Went from -6dB gain to +33 with the other cameras joining at where they had a comparable setting (eg XA20 does not have negative gain, Z5 tops out at 21dB)
See our full review at
tubeshooter.co.uk/2014/08/29/review-canon-xf200-xf205
Also:
Noise reduction tests:
youtube.com/watch?v=6VJE_nBJWyo
Stabiliser test:
youtube.com/watch?v=2c1BoJu5ors
Gamma (custom profile) tests:
youtube.com/watch?v=p2_SOyniXes
My first (edited) test shots with text commentary:
youtube.com/watch?v=EEJIXvv-3io
Unboxing and first look:
youtube.com/watch?v=uT72FZ_DceU
For updates, follow me on Twitter:
twitter.com/UKAirscape
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First of a short series of low light tests of Canon's XF200 and Xf205 camcorders.
Here it's compared with Canon's XA20 which has the same lens and sensor and, for interest, a Sony Z5.
Shot fully wide (f1.8) in 35Mbps mp4 at 50p. Lit by a single 15W energy-saver bulk equivalent to a 75W tungsten bulb, in a diffused uplighter, 4m away. In other words, very dark indeed.
*** NOTE: No custom profile (CP) was applied so it is unclear what level of noise reduction is being applied. It doesn't appear to be "none" because specifying "NR Off" in a CP makes a very noisy picture indeed. Yet the image is not the same as when a CP sets NR to "Auto", so it's very unclear what processing the camera applies when no CP is used.***
(The video was re-uploaded after this NR issue was discovered, previously we believed the NR was set to none but this cannot be the case, from our observations of what specifying 'none' looks like in a custom profile)
Went from -6dB gain to +33 with the other cameras joining at where they had a comparable setting (eg XA20 does not have negative gain, Z5 tops out at 21dB)
See our full review at
tubeshooter.co.uk/2014/08/29/review-canon-xf200-xf205
Also:
Noise reduction tests:
youtube.com/watch?v=6VJE_nBJWyo
Stabiliser test:
youtube.com/watch?v=2c1BoJu5ors
Gamma (custom profile) tests:
youtube.com/watch?v=p2_SOyniXes
My first (edited) test shots with text commentary:
youtube.com/watch?v=EEJIXvv-3io
Unboxing and first look:
youtube.com/watch?v=uT72FZ_DceU
For updates, follow me on Twitter:
twitter.com/UKAirscape
Published by Tubeshooter magazine:
tubeshooter.co.uk
twitter.com/tubeshootermag
facebook.com/tubeshootermag
