We round up the latest camera lens announcements from NAB 2017.
NAB is in full swing, and news about new cameras, gear, and accessories continue to drop. While trying to sift through all the chatter from some of the biggest brands in the industry, we focus in on the latest announcements and anticipated releases in camera lenses. Let’s check out these new lenses and what we know about them.
Canon 70-200mm Telephoto Zoom Lens
Canon’s new 70-200mm is causing a stir at NAB as an ideal documentary or narrative workhorse for a variety of camera needs. Here’s an excerpt about the lens from Canon’s press release:
Cooke S7/i line of Full Frame Plus Primes
The full frame sensor-friendly lenses from Cooke Optics are also standouts at NAB. The whole S7/i family consists of eight different focal lengths: 18mm, 25mm, 32mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm and 135mm. Each lens has a T-Stop of T2.0 all the way to T22. You can read more here or watch the demo below.
Sigma 14mm & 135mm T2 FF High Speed Prime Cine Lenses
Speed is king, as we see in Sigma’s new high-speed prime cine lens series. Both the new 14mm and 135mm round out Sigma’s complete cine line-up. Here’s a writeup on the full family from Sigma’s press release:
Leica 8-18mm f/2.8-4
Panasonic has unveiled the second installment in their new LEICA DG f/2.8-4 zoom lens line (the followup to their 12-60mm announcement at CES) with a new 8-18mm option. The line is designed for micro four-third mounts, so the 8-18mm will be closer to 16-35mm — yet still great for wide coverage. You can read more here or check out the review video below.
ZEISS CP.3 and CP.3 XD
As you can read in our quick hands-on review, ZEISS announced at NAB that they are updating their highly popular CP.2 lens series with a new family that includes the metadata-heavy XD updates as well. Here’s an excerpt:
All prices are currently to-be-announced, but we will keep you posted as prices and specs roll out until all these lenses hit the market.
Be sure to check out the rest of our NAB 2017 coverage on the blog, and stay tuned for more updates.