24-hour news workflow and on-the-go video production

Canon has recently announced four exciting new camcorders to their existing professional lineup. The Canon XA40 and XA45 are new offerings for journalists and broadcasters, while the XA50 and XA55 have creative video-production capabilities. All four cameras pack exceptional video quality into mobile frames.

The XA40 and XA45 are capable of simultaneously recording in full HD and ultra HD (4K) in the MP4 format – ready to be uploaded to the web immediately. They can even record in different bit rates, if the user needs to scale down the size to save capacity or scale up the size for quality. Broadcasters can capture all the content they need without having to worry about encoding time for the web.

The XA50 and XA55 are built more for mobile video production. Unlike the XA40/XA45, the XA50/XA55 has a 1.0-inch CMOS sensor, 15× optical zoom, 4-channel 24-bit audio recording, dual pixel AF, and focus guide. Four channels of audio recording come in handy when a field recorder is not available. Producers can still record multiple tracks and capture all the necessary voices and sounds without having to worry about hauling around an audio recorder.