Hello, my name is Jack Adair, product marketing specialist at Canon Europe I'd like to talk
to you about some exciting new updates we are adding to our XA and XF professional
camcorder series as well as our enthusiast legria camcorders canon camcorders deliver
astounding performance and incredible image quality in compact and easy to operate bodies
canon has the perfect solution for a wide range of applications whether they be for your family home
movies professional corporate videos all the way up to documentary and broadcast productions we are
expanding the capabilities of these camcorders via free firmware updates downloadable from the canon
website in the professional video support section these new updates pertain to the following models
xf405 and xf400 the xa 55 and xa50 the xa40 and the legria hfg60 and hfg50 now let's
begin with the lagrier range designed for the enthusiast the legria hf g60 and hfg50
pro shuma camcorders combine professional level features with ease of use for fast and discreet 4k
and full hd filmmaking on the go with the arrival of this new firmware you will find new features
such as a new custom picture feature that enables the adjustment of image settings
this new feature allows users to fine-tune image settings such as sharpness saturation skin detail
noise reduction and more users can now assign a wide variety of features allowing the assignment
of specific functions to the assignable buttons such as zebra peaking and markers
we have also added the eos standard and production camera color matrix
to the custom picture parameters now let's see what's new with our professional camera range
the xa-40 also receives the new custom picture features as just mentioned for the
lagria cameras as well as the assignable button expandability providing users with greater control
a welcome new feature now available on the xa40 is the addition of xf avc recording
previously the xa40 could only record an mp4 now with the addition of xfavc users can enjoy 4k 25p
recording or full hd up to 50p or at 50i as well as reap the benefits of a more professional format
providing additional metadata the xa55 and xa50 also receive the new custom picture features
including the eos standard and production camera color matrix the cameras also receive
the assignable button expandability for greater control and also gain improved auto focus accuracy
when zooming the xf405 and xf400 receive the new custom picture features that allow for fine tuning
of the image settings including the eos standard and production camera color matrix to allow for
better image matching of different cameras on the same production the xf405 and xf400 also receive
the assignable button expandability for greater customization and also gain improved auto focus
accuracy when using the zoom capability as well as an increase in image quality when
using the digital zoom in advanced 30 times mode the xf405 and xf400 and xa 55 and xa50
all now receive new custom picture presets the first of which is wide dr which is a gamma curve
with a very wide dynamic range optimized for playback on rec 709 monitors the second
new preset is canon log 3 which provides the greatest level of latitude for post production
these features will be most welcomed by existing users of these cameras and we thank our customers
for their support as well as their continued feedback and recommendations it's because of
you we are able to implement such features into our existing range for more information
on any of the models mentioned in this video please visit the canon europe website thank you