Canon Introduces Two New UHDgc 2/3-Inch Portable Zoom Lenses Designed For 4K UHD Broadcast Cameras
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I was watching the NCAA Basketball playoffs when a TV camera with a Canon 50-1000mm zoom appeared on one side of the image. Really a long lens and black color. It was not a box type, but round and apparently portable, but I could only see the lens, not how it was mounted. The price for one of those is not very affordable for most indivitual TV station broadcasters to use, but for Sports networks like ESPN, they probably have several or dozens even.
That Canon is $70,200 at B&H which is still pretty good for a high end zoom lens. It's T5.0 to T8.9 so it ain't a FAST lens but in this case, who cares when you more need the variable distance and long reach for mostly sports, fast action and wildlife shots.
Canon CINE-SERVO 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 with EF Mount
Buy Canon CINE-SERVO 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 with EF Mount featuring Covers up to Super 35mm Sized Sensors, 50 to 1000/75 to 1500mm Zoom, ENG-Style Zoom, Focus, Iris Servos, For Broadcast or Cinema Shooting Styles, 180° Focus Ring with Knurled Grip, Double Focus Markings in Feet and Meters...
It's a high price but STILL nowhere near what we paid for our Fujinon Cinema Servo Zoom lenses where our parent company paid more than 2.5 million CAN for 20 of them I think they ended being around $105,000 CAN each plus GST/PST taxes on top of that.
Fujinon 75-400mm T2.8-3.8 Premier PL Zoom Lens
Buy Fujinon 75-400mm T2.8-3.8 Premier PL Zoom Lens featuring 75-400mm Focal Length, Fast T2.8 Max Aperture at 75-270mm, T3.8 Max Aperture at 400mm, For Super 35mm Format Cameras, From the Premier PL Lens Family, 136mm Front Barrel Diameter, 280° Focus Barrel Rotation, Telephoto to Super...
The UHD Box Servo Lenses such as the following:
Canon U.S.A., Inc. | UHD-DIGISUPER 122
Our new, 4K Premium broadcast lens, the UHD-DIGISUPER 122 (UJ122x8.2B) is our most refined long zoom broadcast lens, designed to support 4K UHD broadcast systems. The lens features a 122x zoom- the first 4K lens with 1000mm on the telephoto end (2000mm with the built-in 2x extender). Combined...
www.usa.canon.com
If I remember correctly it's around $240,000 U.S. so almost a quarter of a million U.S. dollars!
Lenses these days aren't cheap and it's a good thing the parent company paid for it cuz I sure can't! They bought four of them and synced them together for 8K imaging in a 2x2 grid using those 4K stadium sports-style broadcast cameras put on a super-heavy-duty Wescam-style gyro-stabilized gimbal BUT USED IN aerospace applications!
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Affordable is a relative term. I can name three people off the top of my head, two that I know personally, that own copies of the 50-1000.
Most networks, ESPN included, don’t own their own remote production equipment. There are several companies out there that handle most of it for most of the networks remote/field sports productions. If you’re watching the NFL, NBA, NCAA tournament, NASCAR, etc. it’s usually through either NEP or Game Creek.
If you see anyone shooting video on the floor from the NCAA Tournament, it’s CBS and maybe someone from one of the schools or conference. They don’t allow any local or other network tv photogs to shoot during the games. And the post game podium is usually a pool feed, as well.
The Fuji is in a different class than the Canon 50-1000. The Fuji is aimed at the “feature film”/commercial world, whereas the Canon is more toward wildlife, doc and sports. LOTS of them in the sports world.
Most networks, ESPN included, don’t own their own remote production equipment. There are several companies out there that handle most of it for most of the networks remote/field sports productions. If you’re watching the NFL, NBA, NCAA tournament, NASCAR, etc. it’s usually through either NEP or Game Creek.
If you see anyone shooting video on the floor from the NCAA Tournament, it’s CBS and maybe someone from one of the schools or conference. They don’t allow any local or other network tv photogs to shoot during the games. And the post game podium is usually a pool feed, as well.
The Fuji is in a different class than the Canon 50-1000. The Fuji is aimed at the “feature film”/commercial world, whereas the Canon is more toward wildlife, doc and sports. LOTS of them in the sports world.
