Canon Uhdgc 2/3-inch Portable Zoom Lenses 4k Uhd Broadcast Cameras Introduction Date //top\\ Page
The August 2015 announcement sent immediate ripples through the broadcast community. Major rental houses like Bexel and VER placed pre-orders within days. Early adopters included network sports broadcasters preparing for the 2016 Rio Olympics—the first Summer Games to be produced extensively in 4K.
Canon Rewrites the Rules of ENG: The 2015 Arrival of the UHDgc Series 4K Portable Zooms The August 2015 announcement sent immediate ripples through
On August 27, 2015, Canon officially unveiled the (Ultra-High Definition, G (premium) Class), a completely new family of 2/3-inch portable zoom lenses engineered specifically for 4K UHD broadcast cameras. The launch was not a quiet spec-sheet update; it was a declaration that the age of broadcast 4K had officially arrived. Canon Rewrites the Rules of ENG: The 2015
While 4K studio box lenses had begun to emerge, the workhorse of mobile production—the 2/3-inch portable zoom lens—lagged behind. Existing HD lenses, even high-end ones, revealed chromatic aberration, softness at the edges, and resolution falloff when paired with the new generation of 4K broadcast cameras hitting the market (such as the Sony PXW-FS7 and the soon-to-be-released Grass Valley LDX 4K series). Existing HD lenses, even high-end ones, revealed chromatic
August 27, 2015 (Public announcement by Canon U.S.A. and Canon Inc.)
If you see an ENG camera at a football game or a news crew on a street corner shooting in 4K today, the lineage of the glass on the front almost certainly traces back to the Canon UHDgc announcement of late summer 2015.