MELVILLE, NY, April 21, 2022 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today a firmware update for the Canon EOS C300 Mark III and EOS C500 Mark II digital cinema cameras. The new firmware will enable these cameras to be Frame.io Camera to Cloud (C2C) compatible devices. This cutting edge workflow can save valuable time, allowing a collaborative cloud-based workflow in a variety of production environments from scripted motion picture and television production to reality TV, documentary, commercial, and more.
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MELVILLE, NY, April 12, 2022 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today the launch of a new series of lenses for the company’s EF Cinema Lens lineup — the Flex Zoom Lens series of lenses, which were developed to create cinema-style productions with greater workflow efficiency. The first lenses in the series are the CN-E20-50mm T2.4 L F/FP wide-angle zoom lens and the CN-E45-135mm T2.4 L F/FP telephoto zoom lens.
Atypically in patent embodiments, it’s usually difficult for super-telephoto zoom lens to take full advantage of the RF mount. One reason is that you simply can’t use a Tele extender if the rear elements are sitting too far back in the lens. Because of this, at times, it’s difficult to determine if a patent application is for RF or EF lenses because there’s so much room in the rear of the lens from the last element to the sensor plane, that it could be either mount type.
We have received a detailed clarification (thank you) on the upcoming two cinema lenses that we leaked back in early March. According to the source, these new lenses are not based on the RF mount. The lenses have been designed for the EF and PL mounts. This actually makes sense for Canon’s CINI lenses as the lenses would then support the largest possible market share of high-end cinema cameras. It would also be impractical to support PL and the RF mount in one lens as the PL mount is 52mm for the flange to sensor distance, versus 20mm for…
Laowa has released the Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift lens for both the Canon EF and the Canon RF mount. This lens has no electronic connections but for a shift lens that is pretty common. The lens is currently available from Laowa’s website, and it will most likely end up on Adorama and other retailers soon. When you purchase from Laowa, you are actually purchasing essentially a medium format lens, then choosing your shift mechanism, and then the mount type. For the RF version, that comes to $1349 – certainly a bargain when it comes to ultra wide shifting lenses. …
As discovered by CanonNews while this is hardly new technology that will shock the industry, it’s intriguing that Canon spent what seems to be a considerable amount of time drafting a patent application on a drone (or as they also say, any moving vehicle) consumer camera gimbal.
Canon has announced a firmware update to the C70 to provide Cinema RAW light internal recording for 4K and 1080p recording. Also according to CineD, you can record in both Cinema RAW LT (up to 4k 60p and ST (up to 4k 30p) modes and also HQ mode but up to 2K in an s16 crop. You can download the firmware update here: Canon Europe Canon USA Firmware Version 1.0.3.1 incorporates the following fix and enhancements: Adds support for the Cinema RAW Light recording modes. Resolution:4096×2160,2048×1080 Bit Depth:12 bit Frame rate:59.94P,50.00P,29.97P,23.98P,25.00P,24.00P Adds [Frame Recording] modes Adds [Interval Recording] modes
In an email sent to us (thank you), we received an email that Canon Australia has sent out stating that Canon Inc has asked them to halt sales of the Canon EOS R5C.
As discovered by CanonNews, this is an interesting patent application. Shutter shock is a condition that mirrorless cameras are prone to have if they have a mechanical shutter, especially if they also have IBIS. Canon in this patent application talks about a floating shutter mechanism that would reduce or even eliminate shutter shock.
Kamlan has made some interesting APS-C lenses in the past, and now they look to branch out into the full-frame market. With no electronic connections, it’s all manual focus and aperture settings, but you get a 55mm F1.4 lens for usually an excellent bang for the buck if their previous APS-C F 50mm F1.1 is any indication which happens to retail for $249.