Lenses

Yesterday we had an amazing Hands-On Open Day and a 1st UK Exclusive for the brand new Canon CN-E 18-80mm T4.4 L IS KAS S Compact Servo Zoom lens. We would like to thank all our attendees, who visited our Teddington branch and were some of the lucky 1st in the UK to get hands-on with this fantastic lens. We truly believe this lens will have a huge impact on documentary productions and events where you have to be quick on your feet and have a great zoom lens to match.

We are extremely proud to announce we are running an exclusive (and free) hands-on event in partnership with Canon at our Teddington base on Tuesday, 9th August next week during which attendees will have the rare opportunity to be some of the first in the UK to experience up-close and personal the brand new and soon to be released Canon CN-E 18-80mm T4.4 KAS Compact Servo Zoom lens.

The Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D ultra-wide angle lensis currently on Kickstarter and it promises to be a stunning full-frame lens not just for landscape or astro photographers, but video professionals as well.

Well-known budget lens manufacturer Samyang just announced their latest 135mm T2.2 Cine Prime, which is the latest addition to their XEEN cine prime lens range. For those who have already upgraded to shooting in 4K or even higher resolutions, using proper cine lenses is key as pulling focus with stills lenses in high resolutions can be quite challenging.

Canon announced a brand new compact servo zoom lens - the CN-E 18-80mm at NAB 2016, which is surprisingly affordable and great for run-n-gun shooting scenarios. Check out these two videos, which go over the features and benefits of the new lens and the ME200S-SH multi-purpose camera.