Although the summer seems to be almost gone, the heat is not over yet! Hot on the heels of Nikon’s new Z6 and Z7, Canon releases their own take of a full-frame mirrorless camera, the Canon EOS R. This is it, the Canon EOS R. It is the company’s first full-frame mirrorless camera and it has plenty (but not all) of the features one had hoped for. 4K video? Check! Dual Pixel autofocus? Check! Swivel screen? Check! Alongside this release Canon shows new native lenses for the new RF mount of the new camera. And these lenses come with some impressive specs! A 28-70mm f/2, anyone? The Canon EOS R The Canon EOS R is the first camera to feature the new RF lens mount with a 12-pin connection, flange back distance of 20mm and a wide 54mm mount diameter. According to Canon this enables a greater flexibility in lens design. We get to the four new native RF lenses in a second. First, watch the blow video in order to get started with the new EOS R ecosystem: OK, let’s take a deep breath and sort this out. A new RF mount? EF glass only with an adapter? Yes, but that adapter comes with a twist! There are actually four different models of that EF – R mount adapter. A plain adapter, a adapter which sports a control ring (just like the control ring on the new RF lenses) and two versions for drop-in filters. One of them takes...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 5 September, 2018