The new EF Cinema Lenses deliver high optical performance while offering practical functionality. Despite their compact, lightweight design, the lenses support use with 4K (4096 x 2160 pixels) resolution cameras while covering a wide focal-length range. Using the wide-angle and telephoto-zoom models as a set, or in combination with available fixed-focal EF Cinema Lenses, enables users to easily achieve an array of expressive cinematographic applications.

Compatible with cameras equipped with industry-standard-size Super 35 mm-equivalent sensors and 4K-resolution cameras, the new CN-E15.5-47mm T2.8 L S/SP contribute to high-image-quality cinema shooting. The lenses feature an optical design employing the optimal placement of low-refraction, low-dispersion UD (ultra-low dispersion) glass, which corrects for chromatic aberrations caused by variances in the wavelengths of light entering the lens for exceptional imaging performance without color blurring.

Designed with hand-held shooting in mind, each new zoom lens weighs just approximately 2.2 kg, less than half the weight of Canon’s top-end zoom lens models, which went on sale earlier this year. Despite their compact size, the new lineup covers a broad range of focal lengths to deliver utility as well as mobility. Because the lens is compatible with cameras equipped with Super35mm-equivalent sensors, the use of attractive blur effects when employing a shallow depth of field.