Canon Announces 7 New Sumire Prime PL-Mount Cinema Lenses

Featuring a nuanced look and inspired by the bloom of a flower, the new Sumire Prime cinema lenses from Canon are all about delivering improved imaging capabilities to a growing number of production objectives. The seven lenses, announced today, “offer a unique artistically pleasing look with gentle and beautiful skin tones and smooth bokeh, designed for use with large-sensor cinema cameras, including 35mm full-frame cameras such as the EOS C700FF Cinema Camera,” Canon announced. 

Ranging from 14mm to 135mm focal lengths, all of the new Sumire Prime series lenses feature bright T-stops and an 11-blade iris, which results in gorgeous bokeh at any aperture, along with warmer colors, and reduced focus breathing. 

“Sumire in Japan is the name of a flower, and like the petals of a flower, our lenses are most beautiful when fully opened. This is the inspiration behind the Sumire look,” said Kazuto Ogawa, president and COO, Canon U.S.A., Inc., in a company announcement. “The feedback from cinematographers is crucial and their voices have been heard loud and clear – they asked Canon to introduce a set of PL-mount cinema prime lenses. We went a step further and our new Sumire Prime Lenses produce the beautifully cinematic and unique images professionals desire. We can’t wait to see how the lenses will contribute to the art of filmmaking.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Introducing a new line of cinema prime lenses named Sumire Prime (pronounced “Soo-mee-ray”) – associated with the beauty of a flower whose petals are open. This is the inspiration behind a unique optical design that introduces a nuanced look as the lens aperture approaches its maximum setting – subtly modifying the textural renderings of the human facial close-up. The Sumire Prime lenses feature bright T-stops, reduced focus breathing and uniform color balance across the focal range of the seven lenses – all contributing to artistically pleasing images.  The 11-bladed iris provides circular and natural bokeh while diffusing the light rays from intense highlights. Available in industry-standard PL Mount and compatible with all full-frame cameras, Sumire Prime Lenses are superbly versatile. Learn more: https://Canon.us/sumire #Canon #SumirePrime #4K #Canonlenses #CinemaLenses #Sumire

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The Sumire Prime lens lineup includes: 

• CN-E14mm T3.1 FP X ()
• CN-E20mm T1.5 FP X ()
• CN-E24mm T1.5 FP X ()
• CN-E35mm T1.5 FP X ()
• CN-E50mm T1.3 FP X ()
• CN-E85mm T1.3 FP X ()
• CN-E135mm T2.2 FP X ()

Each lens produces lifelike skintones, and all have a 300-degree focus rotation angle and gear position, so you can easily change lenses without the need for adjustments. 

A selection of the lenses will be available this summer, with more arriving in the fall and winter 2019/spring 2020. 

Compatible with the collection of Canon Cinema EOS full-frame and Super 35 4K cameras, the lenses in the series are all available for preorder now at Adorama. 

For more information, check out the video below:

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