Canon intros its first RF-Mount Cinema Prime Lenses

Canon’s new RF-Mount Cinema Prime Lenses for the Cinema EOS System combine high optical performance for 4K and 8K shooting, cinema-style operability, and RF-Mount communications. And these are just the beginning.

Canon (IBC stand: 11.C41) has unveiled seven new RF-Mount Cinema Prime Lenses that impressively expand the native capabilities of its two existing RF-Mount Canon Cinema Cameras, the EOS C70 and EOS R5 C.

The seven Canon CN-R lenses have focal lengths and T stops of 14mm T3.1, 20mm T1.5, 24mm T1.5, 35mm T1.5, 50mm T1.3, 85mm T1.3, and 135mm T2.2. These will allow for RF mount protocol transmission, and, just as with the EF-Mount Cinema Prime Lenses, operators can control magnification, chromatic aberration correction, peripheral light correction, and a dual-pixel focus guide via camera body operations. In addition, the new lenses also feature lens distortion correction for more efficient video production during on-location recording and post-production workflow.

The seven new lenses are coming between late January and April next year. Still, Canon says this is only the beginning, with what seem to be reasonably immediate plans to “swiftly expand the lineup of RF-mount-compatible video production equipment to meet the needs of professional video production of such content as movies, TV, and commercials.”

The new lenses range from the T3.1 14mm...

Canon says that the new lenses are able to achieve the high optical performance suitable for use with 4K and 8K cameras by optimally positioning large-diameter aspherical lens elements and lens elements with anomalous dispersion glass. Their compatibility with the full-frame large-format sensor, bright T stop values1, and 11-blade iris helps produce a shallow depth of field for subjects, natural round blurring, and soft image expressions. In addition, unified Cinema EOS color balance throughout the series helps provide consistent color, even when changing lenses.

Thanks to a unified design across the series, including the gear position of the operation ring, the diameter of the lens, and the rotation angle (operation angle), lenses can be effortlessly swapped in and out without the need to adjust matte boxes or external focus accessories for each lens. A new coarse surface near the mount provides a comfortable and ergonomic fit in the user’s hand, allowing the lens to be held securely without gripping the operation ring when attaching and detaching different lenses.

...up to the T2.2 135mm

Two tables for you. The first shows pricing and the latest estimated availability, and the second shows each lens's full specs.