Canon expands Flex Zoom lens lineup

Canon has added the CN-E14-35mm T1.7 and CN-E31.5-95mm T1.7 Super 35mm format lenses to its 8K Flex Zoom cinema lens series. The company has also announced four new relay kits – the RL-S1 and RL-S2 (for Super 35mm) and the RL-F1 and RL-F2 (for full-frame). The kits adapt each Flex Zoom lens to suit whatever sensor format is required.

The Canon Flex Zoom lens series was introduced in 2022 to support full-frame digital cinema cameras. Today, the CN-E14-35mm T1.7 and CN-E31.5-95mm T1.7 expand the Flex Zoom series to include support for Super 35mm cinema cameras. The new lenses, available in interchangeable EF and PL mounts, help produce video with beautiful and natural background blur that is desired by many end-users.

The new lenses achieve 8K optical performance while maintaining the style and ease-of-use of Canon’s Cinema lens series. Ideal for shooting a wide range of video content, the lenses maintain a bright T1.7 aperture across their zoom ranges, enabling operators to create powerful, shallow depth-of-field shots.

The lenses are designed with flexibility in mind. Each Flex Zoom, by virtue of their relay kits, can be adapted for Super 35mm or full-frame sensors as needed to support the ever-changing requirements of productions for both popular sensor formats.