Canon EOS C300 User Manual

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EOS C300 Best Practices Guide

Saving camera settings to SDHC card:
EOS C300 camera settings can be saved onto an SD memory card, and then applied to other
C300 cameras — allowing for easier, and identical set up of multiple cameras.

MENU >

• Menu: saves menu settings to the SD card

• Menu + CP: Saves menu settings plus any Custom Picture settings to SD card

• Be sure to highlight and select OK, and then press the SET button

(page 111 of the instruction manual)

Mounting the camera:
From the factory the C300 ships with both a

⁄

" and

⁄

-20" threaded screw holes for rigs and

tripods. If you remove the 4 small screws, the plate can be changed to one that only has a

threaded screw hole and an alignment hole.

NOTE: Canon recommends that with heavy lenses, that the front of the lens be supported to reduce the strain
on the lens mount. This support is available from various third party manufacturers.

On Set and Near Set backup and footage check:
Canon has a program called XF Utilities that can be used to scrub through the footage, add meta-
data and make backups of the original cards. There are also plug-ins for Apple FCP 7 and Avid
Media Composer on this disk (Adobe Premier does not need any plug-in).

The XF Utilities is included with the C300. It will shortly be available for download from the
Canon USA website:

http://usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/professional_cameras/
cinema_eos_cameras/eos_c300

• IMPORTANT: Copy the complete contents of the CF cards when backing up the cards.

Some NLE software programs require the associated files on the CF cards to properly ingest
the footage.

Please consult the owner’s manual for more detailed instructions.

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