Canon CN-R RF Mount Cine Primes

[Phil Holland]

I've mentioned it, we knew it was coming, and we've seen a light dabbling of dedicated mirrorless mount cinema glass.

But here's the new Canon CN-R Primes

https://www.newsshooter.com/2023/09/12/canon-cn-r-rf-mount-cine-primes-announced/

If they are based on the RF L series primes, (of which only the 50 f/1.2, 85 f/1.2, and 135mm f/1.8 currently exist), this may be precursor to the stills lenses coming up.

The only shocker here in the 20mm for me.

 

[Jonathan Keane]

sick! Maybe the ef cn-e will start dropping in price. I would like to get a set of them!

 

[Zack Birlew]

I think Sigma showing how fast 20mm can be was an eye-opener for many as the Sigma Art 20mm 1.4 is still on my list, so if Canon puts out another fast one then more power to them. I am wondering how they will do in terms of sales as mirrorless-only stills lenses are a thing, like Laowa's fast lens lineup for example, but mirrorless-only cinema lenses could be problematic only in that none of the mounts, save for the thin adapter for Sony E to Nikon Z, are compatible and none are cross adaptable to LPL either so that would be a very risky and expensive decision to make when trying to carry these lenses forward between generations of cameras.

 

[Phil Holland]

Depressingly, these do appear to be "remounted" CN-E primes from what I can discern. I'll be reaching out to Canon regarding this. They have in my mind much more interesting optics that should be explored in 2023 for this specific application.

 

[Zack Birlew]

Heck, I'd love to see them redo the 50mm 1.0 EF and especially the 50mm 0.95 Dream lens if they're going to re-use lens designs, clearly there is a demand for specialty super fast glass.