LOL Canon... C200 Codec "Upgrade" details announced

[EthanAlexander]

"Well today I found out directly from the Canon C200 engineers that the new codec that will be introduced early in 2018 will be XF-AVC YCbCr 4:2:0 8bit, and it will be a free upgrade (if you can call it that). It will also be recorded to the SD cards and not the CFast card."

http://www.newsshooter.com/2017/08/24/new-codec-coming-to-the-c200-in-2018-will-only-be-420-8-bit/

Seems to me this was a bit unethical promising a middle-ground coded upgrade (which you have to assume they did to increase both hype and sales. ) and then have it turn out it's only an improvement in that it can hold more metadata. 

What do you guys think?

[DBounce]

I think it's weak... protectionist... and no longer on my list. 

[deezid]

And probably won't change the fact that the C200 doesn't resolve any more than HD resolution in "4K" MP4 mode either...
If you want proper high quality 4K, record in RAW or switch to a GH5 lol...