Canon Adds Versatility to 4K UHD Broadcast Lens Family
November 10 2015 - 9:38AM
Business Wire
New 2/3-inch CJ20ex7.8B Portable Lens Features
4K Optical Performance and 20x Zoom
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today
announced the CJ20ex7.8B portable 4K broadcast lens for use with
broadcast cameras featuring 2/3-inch sensors. This versatile lens
features a 20x zoom range and provides the optical excellence
needed for 4K broadcast production. With a focal range of
7.8-156mm, a broad range of scene compositions can be achieved from
a single lens. A built-in 2x extender allows more telephoto
operation without sacrificing 4K image quality. 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 down-sampled to HDTV offering enhanced
resolution by virtue of that super-sampled original.
With its broad zoom range and wide angle performance, the
CJ20ex7.8B can be a workhorse lens 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. The CJ20ex7.8B is the
fourth lens this year in Canon’s new UHDxs lineup of 4K UHD
broadcast lenses, joining the wide-angle CJ12ex4.3B in the portable
lens group, and the long-zoom UJ86x9.3B and UJ90x9B field
lenses.
"As 4K UHD continues to grow in popularity, Canon is developing
more solutions to provide producers and broadcasters with
outstanding optical performance,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, president
and COO, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “Complementing the wide-angle
performance of the CJ12ex4.3B lens introduced earlier this year,
the new CJ20ex7.8B lens provides a versatile option for magnificent
imagery, whether in 4K UHD or HDTV."
The form factor and operational controls will be very familiar
to anyone who has used Canon's award-winning HD lenses. The lens is
also compatible with standard HD zoom and focus demand controls.
Its light weight of four pounds, 13 ounces and compact size make it
ideal for shoulder-mounted ENG applications.
A 20-pin connector, capable of reading out the high-precision
position information of the zoom, focus and iris are provided as a
standard feature. Coming standard with another two 20-pin
connectors for zoom and focus control, virtual operations are
possible 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 CJ20ex7.8B portable broadcast lens is scheduled to be
available in June 2016. For full product specifications and more
information on the UHDxs family of lenses, please 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,
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