Canon - RF-S7.8mm F4 STM Dual Lens for EOS R-Series Cameras - Black

Tell your story with 3D depth with the growth of the VR headset market, there is an excellent opportunity for Content creators to create CAMERA-CAPTURED content, and to expand their audience by creating 3D experiences with a level of 3D immersion not possible with traditional flat 2-dimensional content. And now you can capture and share your adventures, your daily explorations, memories and powerful portraits using this new Canon stereoscopic lens without spending thousands to make it a reality.

• Canon RF mount: Compatible with all Canon EOS R-Series Cameras with the Canon RF Mount.
• f/4 maximum aperture: Creates sharp, detailed images with shallow depth of field and softly blurred background. Performs best in moderate-to-bright light settings or outdoors on overcast days.
• Simple, straight path optics: Canon was the first to offer a high-resolution single sensor solution for creating VR content with the RF-5.2mm F2.8 L DUAL FISHEYE lens, and it was no small feat. In order to get so many high-quality lenses into a compact body, and ensure the final image was directed to one image sensor, a folded optical path with prisms was used. This is an elegant and effective solution, but not a low cost one.
• VR with Ease: Pairing just this one lens to an EOS R7 (firmware 1.5.0+) camera provides the capability of delivering a single file — creating a powerful and convenient solution compared to traditional VR systems which capture a 3D scene with two separate fisheye lenses, recording that imagery to two separate cameras or image sensors, which write two files.
• Canon's EOS VR System: Canon's EOS VR System is expanding and you now multiple options of camera and lens combinations, but let’s not forget the third tripod leg of the EOS VR system, which is the software. The EOS VR Software Applications — The EOS VR Utility and EOS VR Plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro.   This is our first lens to offer “Spatial” video as well as traditional 3D files, and the EOS VR Utility will be able to output those formats.
• EOS VR Utility and EOS VR Plugin: Canon's subscription-based software solutions are an integral part of Canon's EOS VR System and have been updated to support the new RF-S7.8mm F4 STM DUAL lens — The EOS VR Utility, a standalone software application, and the EOS VR Plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro allow two different workflow experiences for VR creators and studios. EOS VR Utility allows for output of multiple formats like 3D 180°, 3D Theater, 8:9, 16:9, full capture, and Spatial (1:1) video.
• 60° field of view and an interpupillary distance of 11.8mm: This lens is designed specifically to deliver outstanding stereoscopic 3D imagery. Featuring dual 7.8mm lenses positioned with 11.8mm of spacing between Left and Right Lens centers, it provides an interpupillary distance closely resembling human vision with a natural parallax for a powerful, immersive experience that brings the viewer to feel they are within the scene where the video or still image takes place.
• Auto focusing: Featuring a gear-type stepping motor (STM) with a dual-lens autofocus mechanism, which drives the left and right lenses in unison. This makes AF as simple to operate as with an ordinary RF lens. One feature of RF lenses that enhances operability is the electronic focusing/control ring. The left-right focus differential can be adjusted using the focusing/control ring and the left-right focus difference adjustment mode switch.
• aperture of f/4 to a deep depth of field of f/16: The RF-S7.8mm F4 STM DUAL Lens is designed with dual optical systems with coordinated electronically controlled apertures. These provide a highly adaptable aperture range — allowing you to go from an f/4 aperture, to a deep depth of field of f/16 for more control of your exposure in brighter environments. Additionally, since both lenses are contained in a standard lens housing, it has a 58mm front screw thread for filters.
• Camera firmware: To help improve the user experience with the uniqueness of shooting with the RF-S7.8mm F4 STM DUAL lens, special features have been added to the firmware to optimize VR shooting. This firmware provides metadata information for the software to convert the image from fisheye to equirectangular.
• Canon Camera Connect and EOS Utility: For shooting remotely, the ability to monitor with features such as the "Magic Window" overlay, left/right lens viewing swap, and fisheye to equirectangular preview is available in the Canon Camera Connect app or when using EOS Utility software, making it easy to remotely view and record content.