Canon EOS C300 winning track - Everything Digital

November 13, 2013

The well-known range of the Cinema EOS cameras has been used to acquire a series of action scenes of the latest film by Oscar winner Ron Howard, Rush.

“We were more aggressive, ambitious and creative use of the camera. We carried out both times with a fixed camera, and shooting handheld with long lenses, so as to capture always something unexpected. The shooting handheld close-ups were at times when we were trying to recreate a certain intimacy or unexpected points of view represented in a scene. It has been a great tool on both fronts. “

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Oscar winner Ron Howard (in his youth played the character of Richie Cunningham, Fonzie’s best friend, the well-known television series Happy Days of the 70s, then director of films like A Beautiful Mind, The Da Vinci Code, Frost / Nixon) about the action shots of his latest success, Rush, in which the camera Canon C300 .

This machine, remember, has sanctioned the entry of Canon in the world of professional cinematography with the series Cinema EOS , which was then enriched with an entry level model (C100) and a flagship (C500) and today it is a complete solution for each application cine television.

remember that Rush is a film dedicated to the world of Formula One, at the time (70s) of the great rivalry between the pilots James Hunt and Niki Lauda , major players on the track and beyond. An era near and far at the same time, some have called ‘the golden age’ of Formula One, when Canon – not even to say – it was a major sponsor of all races …