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HJ17EX6.2B
Adds Versatility to HD Video Production
The unparalleled
quality offered by the
DIGISUPER Series by
Canon has made it a
highly visible fixture at
sporting events around
the world and a heavy favorite of
professional camera operators. As
one of Canon’s leading lens series
for broadcast use, the DIGISUPER line
has introduced numerous technological
innovations while capturing memorable
scenes with the best possible quality,
so that they may be enjoyed by future
generations.
Amid the global growth in high-definition program production in recent
years, Canon has maintained a strong relationship with content
producers, to ensure that our evolving products continue to satisfy the
needs of such a dynamic industry. In particular, the call has been strong
to make long zoom field lenses wider and with higher magnification to
help convey the intensity and dynamism of the scene at hand, while
also calling for enhanced operability and image stability.
With this in mind, Canon has introduced three new-generation lenses
to its renowned DIGISUPER line: The DIGISUPER 95, DIGISUPER 80,
and DIGISUPER 76 (models XJ95x8.6B, XJ80x8.8B, and XJ76x9B,
respectively). Each represents the culmination of unceasing research
and development to improve wide-angle performance, zoom range,
and overall optical image quality.
The DIGISUPER 95 provides the widest angle (8.6mm) of any long
zoom HD field lens currently in the industry, along with an extended
95x zoom range to allow capture of more dramatic images at either
end of the zoom range. Both the DIGISUPER 95 and DIGISUPER 80
come equipped with the latest version of Canon’s Shift-IS Image
Stabilization technology. This totally new IS system design reflects
experiences gained worldwide over the past decade that led to
deployment of a totally new sensing system, new correction algorithm,
and higher-speed control loop. The new system extends the frequency
range of correction ensuring high image stability under a wide variety
of real-world perturbations and vibrations encountered in all forms of
outside broadcast coverage. The new algorithm can instantly separate
operational panning and tilting movements from unwanted physical
disturbances thus effectively eliminating the former troubling IS-related
overshoot accompanying such operations.
The new long zoom DIGISUPER 76 was designed to be a cost-effective
HD field lens providing increased focal range and enhanced optical
performance.
As HD continues to become the worldwide standard for all forms
of broadcast TV production, there is an increasing need for
versatility in HDTV lenses that enable more efficient production
operations without sacrificing high picture quality. In particular,
for broadcast newsgathering there has been increasing demand
for the combination of a wider angle performance with sufficient
telephoto capability within one lens to help control capital
equipment expenditures for large news crews.
To fulfill the needs of users such as these, Canon developed the
HJ17ex6.2B, embodying the uncompromising high-dimensional
quality for which our products are known. The HJ17ex6.2B is
fully equipped with the latest state-of-the-art Canon optical
technologies, and serves as a highly innovative premium
versatile HDTV lens.
The HJ17ex6.2B is capable of adapting flexibly to all manner
of situations, whether shooting in close proximity to a subject or
shooting close-ups from far away, without the need for changing
lenses, thanks to its short M.O.D., extra-wide angle, 17X
magnification, and built-in 2X extender.
The HJ17ex6.2B provides the same magnification (17x) as our
well-established HDTV production lens, the HJ17ex7.6B, while
achieving a wider focal length of 6.2mm and shortening M.O.D.
by approximately 30% (0.4m).
Offering optimum mobility, the HJ17ex6.2B is an important new
addition to the HDxs Series (Canon’s premier HDTV lens lineup)
of lenses that collectively can cover a full range from Super
Telephoto (1,120mm) to Super Wide (4.3mm). Professional users
are now more able to select the appropriate lens for their
expressive needs, and produce video with the high quality for
which HDxs is renowned.
Long Zoom
DIGISUPER Lenses
