Used Canon CN-E20mm T1.5 L F Cinema Prime Lens, EF Mount

EF Cinema Prime CN-E20mm T1.5 L F lens

The Cinema Prime CN-E20mm T1.5 L F lens offers a compact, consistent lens design and proven Canon lens elements for performance and reliability in professional shooting environments.

Intended for the working professional, the EF Cinema Prime CN-E20mm T1.5 L F lens has markings on angled surfaces on both sides of the barrel, making it easy to read focus and aperture settings from behind or from either side of the camera. Focus markings can even be switched from standard labeling to metric. The control rings are engineered to maintain the proper amount of resistance with consistent operating torque.

The Cinema Lens for 4K Productions

Designed to fulfill contemporary 4K production standards, it features a full-frame imaging circle in a lightweight, compact design. This phenomenal lens is also perfect for any number of applications. It also features an 11-blade aperture diaphragm for beautiful background blur and innovative glass construction that counteracts barrel expansion and contraction to avoid temperature induced marking discrepancies.

Cinema Prime Lenses

Canon's brilliant Cinema Prime lenses offer spectacular optical performance for demanding high-end productions. Featuring a compact and consistent lens design, these lenses offer consistent form factors and markings optimized for motion picture production. Sharing the same gear position, diameter and rotation angle and front diameter, the lenses' compatibility with third-party accessories allows crews to easily change lenses without making adjustments to the rig setup.

Outstanding Optical Performance to Support 4K Cameras

The CN-E20mm T1.5 L F Cinema Prime Lens is designed to provide outstanding optical performance and is capable of full 4K-Resolution performance. Whether you're shooting in HD with a Canon EOS DSLR camera or in 4K using an EOS C700 Digital Cinema Camera, the CN-E20mm T1.5 L F will help you to create a cinematic masterpiece by providing superb image quality, contrast and color fidelity.

High Resolution and Warm Colors

The lens features a large diameter aspheric lens and anomalous dispersion glass, working to deliver high contrast and sharp imaging from the center of the image to the outer edges. This helps bring out the high quality of 4K cinema images. The lens produces warm color tones that help to softly capture people’s facial expressions and enable better depiction of textures captured through the lens.

Fast T Number

Operating at T1.5 helps the lens achieve a softer and greater bokeh, while allowing users to shoot brighter in low-light settings.

Minimized Focus Breathing

The lens has been designed to minimize variations in the angle of view while focusing, a phenomenon known as focus breathing. This feature is extremely important while focus pulling, where changes in the angle of view due to focus breathing could become apparent to the viewer.

Support for Full-frame Cameras

The CN-E20mm T1.5 L F Cinema Prime Lens covers 35mm full-frame sensor and features a genuine Canon EF mount and works with all Cinema EOS camera models, including full-frame models such as our new EOS C700 FF digital cinema camera, as well as other top-quality full-frame cameras. With a Super 35mm camera, the lens can be used as an approximately 29.2mm equivalent lens (35mm film equivalent) for use in a wide range of shooting situations, helping users produce premium-quality images.

The EF mount has electronic contacts on both the lens and camera sides that allow direct communication between each device. This communication allows lens metadata including T-numbers to be displayed in the viewfinder. Both the T-number and the focus position are recorded in the video file.

11-blade Iris

The CN-E20mm T1.5 L F Cinema Prime Lens features an 11-blade iris. This produces artistic and beautiful out-of-focus areas, creating a more three-dimensional bokeh with the deeper depth of field that a super wide angle lens can offer, broadening the range of visual expression. The use of an odd number of blades also helps reduce flaring of specular highlights. Additionally, the iris ring is mechanically controlled with no click stops for smooth exposure adjustments while recording.

Outstanding Operability and Reliability

Designed to meet the needs of professional cinematographers, the CN-E20mm T1.5 L F Cinema Prime Lens features a unified front diameter (114mm), rotation angle (300°) and gear position on the focus and iris rings (making lens switching quick and convenient) across our entire Cinema Prime Lens series. The control rings work to maintain the right amount of resistance and operating torque in order to help provide the camera operator or assistant with a consistent feel and predictable lens operation.

It is with great precision and artistry that the CN-E 20mm T1.5 L F Cinema Prime Lens for Canon EF emerges as a quintessential tool for professional cinematographers and photographers alike. This high-quality, durable lens is designed to meet the rigorous demands of 4K production, delivering outstanding optical performance that supports both full-frame and Super 35mm cameras.

Crafted with a large diameter aspheric lens and anomalous dispersion glass, the CN-E 20mm T1.5 L F lens achieves high contrast and sharp imaging across the entire frame, ensuring that every detail is captured with clarity. The warm color tones produced by this lens are particularly adept at capturing human expressions and intricate textures, enhancing the visual storytelling of any project.

The lens's wide T1.5 aperture not only facilitates shooting in low-light conditions but also contributes to a softer, more appealing bokeh. This versatile feature allows for greater creative control over depth of field, making it an ideal choice for filmmakers and photographers aiming to produce work with a cinematic depth and professional finish.

Canon's commitment to consistency is evident in the unified warm color balance across its Cinema lens range, allowing for seamless interchanging of lenses without color mismatch. This is especially beneficial in multi-camera shoots where maintaining a consistent look is paramount.

Minimized focus breathing is a critical aspect of this lens, ensuring that the angle of view remains constant when changing focus. This is essential for smooth, distraction-free focus pulls, which are vital in maintaining the viewer's immersion in the narrative.

The CN-E 20mm T1.5 L F lens is built with reliability in mind, featuring a robust construction that is both dust and water-resistant, ready to withstand challenging shooting environments. The clearly visible distance indicators, enhanced with phosphorescent paint, are a testament to the lens's user-friendly design, facilitating easy operation in low-light conditions.

Compatibility with Cinema EOS cameras is seamless, with communication functions that enable the display of lens information in the viewfinder and the recording of metadata such as T-numbers and focus positions. The Peripheral Illumination Correction feature can be toggled to optimize image quality based on the lens profile.

The 11-blade iris of this lens creates a visually stunning bokeh, offering a three-dimensional quality to out-of-focus areas and enhancing the overall visual impact. The mechanically controlled iris ring allows for smooth exposure adjustments during recording, free from click stops.

Operability is further refined with a unified front diameter, rotation angle, and gear position across the Cinema Prime series, facilitating quick and convenient lens changes. The control rings are meticulously engineered to maintain consistent resistance and operating torque, providing predictable and precise operation.

For added versatility, the lens features a 105mm front threading that accommodates screw-on filters, allowing for a streamlined shooting setup without the need for a matte box.

In conclusion, the CN-E 20mm T1.5 L F Cinema Prime Lens for Canon EF stands as a reliable, high-quality, and professional choice for those seeking to achieve cinematic excellence. Its combination of advanced optical design, consistent performance, and thoughtful features make it a valuable asset for any production, ensuring that each shot is captured with the utmost fidelity and artistry.