Canon’s new $30000 video camera can see where you can’t

Canon has announced the first camera in a planned line of multi-purpose cameras, the ME20F-SH.

Most extreme low-light solutions involve infrared illumination, which has the effect of switching the footage to black and white.

Canon, the giant multinational corporation, has hit the spot yet again in the optical products field with its brand new ME20F-SH video shooter, featuring a robust and stylish, box-shaped design.

The new camera from Canon is aimed at several markets including nighttime surveillance/security, cinema, reality TV, and nature/wildlife documentaries.

Canon just announced the ME20F-SH, a full-frame 35mm camera with the ability to reach an astonishing 4,000,000 ISO.

The key to this mastery of the darkness is an all-new 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor, partnered with a DIGIC DV4 processor.

The secret to the ME20F-SH’s night vision is the size of the pixels on the sensor: they’re more than 5.5 times larger than the pixels found in top-of-the-line interchangeable lens cameras.

Canon says the sensor in the camera allows it to shoot Full HD video while subjects are illuminated with less than 0.0005 lux. Furthermore, similar to Canon’s Cinema EOS System of professional digital cinematography cameras, the ME20F-SH camera includes Canon Log and Wide DR, which make possible a wide dynamic range, delivering high-image-quality video results across a range of illumination environments, from low- to brightly lit conditions.

You’re probably expecting the Canon ME20F-SH to be expensive, right? By allowing users to operate the camera or change settings from a remote location, the camera facilitates video capture from inaccessible locations as well as fixed-point surveillance. There’s also a 3.5mm jack for a stereo mic as well as GENLOCK port for synchronizing many video sources.

Interested? You’re going to have to wait until December to buy it, but that should give you enough time to save up for the $30,000 (MSRP) body.

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