You climb a mountain because it’s there. Canon makes a new lens because they can. And probably when users ask. Clearly, cinematographers were calling to go wider and tighter.

Canon introduces the new CINE-SERVO 40-1200mm T5.0-10.8 zoom lens in PL or RF Mount. That’s a zoom range of 30x.

Remarkably, the lens is the same size and weight as the Canon 50-1000 mm 20x zoom introduced 11 1/2 years ago, in October 2014. https://fdtimes.us/Canon40-1200 read more…