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Fuji Delivers for ENG Users: a PL Zoom Lens for Large Sensor Cameras - but There's a Catch

04.10.12 @ 3:45PM Tags : fuji, plmount, zoom

It’s about time a great PL zoom has been announced from a company that is more or less the standard in ENG lenses. You can’t walk 10 feet into a TV station or broadcast studio and not see a camera with a Fujinon lens attached. From Fuji’s optical division comes this fantastic 19-90mm T2.9 zoom lens, which can be used easily with a standard follow focus by pulling off the zoom rocker. There is one pretty big catch for all you FS100 owners or other PL users. More »

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Vincent Laforet Tests RED's Canon Mount with a $10K Lens

08.6.11 @ 1:36PM Tags : canon, lenses, plmount, red, redepic, vincentlaforet

In response to the trailer for Like Crazy — the DSLR-shot indie feature that sold for $4 million at Sundance — some commenters asked about the merits of PL-mount lenses vs. Canon lenses. Traditionally, motion picture PL lenses are many times more expensive than Canon glass and offer better tactile, manual controls. But in the digital age, some of Canon’s features are suddenly handy, and RED recognizes this. More »

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Canon Announces PL-Mount Cinema Zoom Lenses - Large-Sensor Camcorder to Follow?

04.8.11 @ 2:47PM Tags : cameras, canon, lenses, nab, nab2011, plmount, super35

In a surprise move, Canon has announced two new zoom lenses with the cinema-standard PL mount (note the green rings!). The lenses are 14.5-60mm T2.6 and 30-300mm T2.9-3.7, rated up to 4K resolution, and cover a 27.5mm image circle (plenty large for Super35-sized sensors, but not large enough for, say the RED EPIC’s 33mm sensor). Considering Canon does not make a camera that natively accepts PL lenses, it would certainly make sense that their video division would also debut a large-sensor PL-mount camcorder to go along with these new lenses. Right? More »