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Canon Introduces Two PL-Mount Digital Cine Zoom Lenses With Full 4K Image Format

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Canon FK14.5-60 wide-angle cine zoom
Canon FK30-300 telephoto cine zoom

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http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Press-Release/Canon-FK14.5-60-Wide-Angle-Cine-Zoom-Lens-FK30-300-Telephoto-Cine-Zoom-Lens.aspx

Looks interesting...
 
I'm very curious about availability and price. It could potentially have a large impact on the market.
They will be on display at NAB. i expect people here who are going to check them out and ask all the right questions!

The FK14.5-60 is T2.6 btw...
 
they just don't get it, do they.... This "follow proven market and copy" philosophy may be safer, but it won't give them any advantage over competition. Other than maybe the price. But then again, Canon has never been a true lens company, they just make great cameras and need glass to put on them......
I wonder who's gonna be the first to do the right thing- the signs for what's needed are all around....
 
Absolutely fantastic!!!

Just in the case that 14.5-60 is lighter than competitor zoom lenses then it's a pure winner, also the same for 30-300mm...

And I do have already some of non-breathing FF35mm zooms from Canon...
 
competing Fujinon?
 
I'd be very very interested. Hopefully they'll release price and weight specs soon. It'd be a huge drag if they don't work on Epics, since they state that they're made to cover 4K (never mention Full Frame or 5K).
 
specs

specs

Specs
Weight -15lbs+
price- $30K+
These are very optimistic:001_cool:
Just speculating FYI
 
hope the weight is on our side.

would be nice if they could eliminate breathing amap.

I could certainly see a use of the 30-300 for sports, this will stop me using canon electronic zooms for sure on Epic. I suppose the pricetag will also be nice.
 
Interesting focal range on the tele. Forces a lens swap for wides, but supa-long.

Steven-Marc C. said:
The FK14.5-60 is T2.6 btw...
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...anything on the tele's speed? The 30mm wide limit tells me they may have chosen not to try to go really wide to keep the speed and quality high even though they were going for 300mm... any thoughts?
 
Isn't saying a lens will cover 4K incomplete information? Wouldn't a more accurate description describe the sensor size the image circle would cover?

Maybe this is obvious to everyone else, but I'm just a regular guy, so don't beat me up too much. :huh:
 
You are absolutely right. Saying that it covers 4k says next to nothing. Other than perhaps, the ability to resolve at least 4k vertical lines..... I also want to know the image circle, Canon!

Design is probably far from locked anyway. (unless I missed something saying otherwise)
 
It looks like 4K has become nothing more than a buzz word unfortunately. Definitely not Red's intention but here we go...
 
I just can't find a reason to get excited over these lenses. :-(

They're both frickin' huge and will probably be heavy. The 14.5-60 has an integrated support... Unless they can be significantly cheaper than the Angie 16-42 or Arri LWZ, no one is going to be interested. Not with the size and weight of this wide zoom.

The 30-300 has a very appealing range. It may do well for that reason alone and it does have my interest for that reason. I shoot quite a bit of outdoor events / EFP type stuff, so one lens to do it all would be welcome. OTOH, I'm not too wild about the size. I'll check these out at NAB, but unless something truly unexpected comes along with these lenses, I have already written off the 14.5-60 wide zoom as a crappy "me too" product.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that these lenses could be more conceptual than ready for production. Canon may be fishing for an industry response.... So here's my response: It sucks, try again.
 
they really just need to extract the optics from their famous L series still zooms, and rehouse it top to bottom for PL full cinema use, with proper focus marks, etc. if they end up being the size of a DP rouge or if must be just slightly bigger, they would freakin kill. full frame PL zooms.
 
Tom.Wong said:
they really just need to extract the optics from their famous L series still zooms, and rehouse it top to bottom for PL full cinema use, with proper focus marks, etc. if they end up being the size of a DP rouge or if must be just slightly bigger, they would freakin kill. full frame PL zooms.
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Exactly. And Nikon too. They both make excellent glass products and have a lot of existing solutions that could be adapted to products that a lot of people would buy.
 
These lenses have 136mm front diameter, they will be at least as big as an Angenieux 25-250 HR and probably closer to the 4.7x and 12x Optimos, and if the performance and coverage hold then you can expect the prices to be in line with them as well, so expect $50-70K per lens. I'll check them out at NAB, along with the new 40-120 Optimo and report back.
 
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