Canon Announces World’s First 4K UHD Wide-Angle Broadcast Lens*
August 25 2015 - 10:57AM
Business Wire
Canon Introduces the First in its New Line of
4K 2/3-inch Broadcast Lenses with the CJ12ex4.3B Portable Lens**,
with Best-in-Class features
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today
announced the CJ12ex4.3B portable 4K 2/3-inch broadcast lens, the
world’s first* 4K wide-angle lens for use with 4K broadcast cameras
featuring 2/3-inch sensors. This will be the first in a new line of
4K broadcast lenses intended to support a range of 4K
ultra-high-definition (UHD) productions. Designed as a portable
wide-angle 12x zoom lens, the CJ12ex4.3B is ideal for Electronic
Field Production (EFP) and Electronic News Gathering (ENG)
broadcast applications covering news, sports, live events and
filmmakers creating documentary projects desiring 4K quality. Canon
is also developing a portable, longer-zoom 4K lens that will
further extend 4K UHD production capabilities.
"Through rigorous research and development, Canon has developed
these portable 4K lenses to provide producers and broadcasters with
outstanding optical performance to support newly emerging 4K
broadcast productions while also offering superb optical
performance when used on existing HDTV cameras,” said Yuichi
Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “With a 96.3 degree
angle of view, our best-in-class wide-angle lens will allow
broadcasters to capture more of the scene in stunning 4K
quality."
This portable wide-angle lens provides the optical excellence
needed for 4K broadcast production. Its 4.3mm wide angle (96.3
degree horizontal angle of view) and minimum object distance of 30
cm are both the best of its class in the world*. A built-in 2x
extender allows more telephoto operation without sacrificing 4K
image quality.
This wide angle lens supports framing of scenes containing large
amounts of image detail -- for example, a wide end zone-to-end zone
shot. Editors can then select a 1920 x 1080 crop from within the
3840 x 2160 camera original with full HDTV image quality.
Alternatively, the 4K UHD camera video can be downsampled to HDTV
offering enhanced resolution by virtue of that supersampled
original.
The form factor for production shooters will be very similar to
shooting with Canon's HD lenses in size, weight and controls. Its
light weight of 4lbs, 10oz. and compact size make it ideal for
shoulder-mounted ENG applications.
Three 20-pin connectors, capable of reading out the
high-precision position information of the zoom, focus and iris are
provided as a standard feature. Virtual operations are also
available in the full servo mode, and use of a 16-bit absolute
value encoder in the digital drive unit helps eliminate the need
for any initialization, meaning users can simply turn on the camera
and begin shooting. The lens is also compatible with standard HD
zoom and focus demand controls.
Canon is also developing a new longer-zoom 4K portable lens as
an important addition to the new 4K 2/3-inch broadcast lens lineup.
Like the new CJ12ex4.3B wide angle zoom lens, this new 4K portable
lens, under development, will realize a high level of imaging
performance while also featuring a weight and body size that
achieve the same level of mobility as conventional portable HDTV
zoom lenses. Supporting both indoor and outdoor use for a variety
of applications, including sporting events, live telecasts, serial
dramas and television commercials, the new 4K portable zoom lens
will enable shooting across a range of focal lengths, from the
wide-angle capture of entire sets to close-ups of distant subjects,
in either 4K or HD resolution.
The CJ12ex4.3B portable broadcast lens is scheduled to be
available in December 2015 while the longer-zoom 4K lens is
scheduled to be added to the lineup in the first half of 2016.
For more information and the full list of product
specifications, visit: pro.usa.canon.com/broadcast
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to
the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding
Mexico) markets. With approximately $31 billion in global revenue,
its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World's Most Admired Companies in 2015. Canon U.S.A. is committed
to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty,
providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for
all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to
its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental
responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas Headquarters secured
LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design,
construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green
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† Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
* Among portable 4K broadcast lenses for 2/3-inch imager format
as of August 25, 2015
** This device has not been authorized as required by the rules
of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and
my not be offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until
authorization is obtained.
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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