Japan-based photography giant Canon has announced its extremely weird and mirrorless new lens. Equipped with dual 5.2mm f/2.8 fisheye, this lens is designed for creating 3D VR photos and videos with a 60mm pitch.
Canon states that this newly launched lens is “the first lens to capture stereoscopic 3D 180° VR images in a single image.” Can work together for now looks like a single camera The hardware target of this lens, which can record images up to 8K quality with the EOS R5, is the Oculus Quest 2, one of the most successful VR models.
In addition to the software update for the R5 camera, Canon is releasing a plug-in called Premiere Pro and a standalone file conversion application called EOS VR Utility. Users with Canon RF5.2mm lens and R5 3D VR images thanks to these applications they can transform.
Promo video of Canon RF5.2mm:
Calling all the services it puts on the market for this job as the EOS VR system, Canon will offer the software to users on a monthly or annual subscription basis. Although the prices of the camera and lens are certain, no information about the EOS VR Utility has been announced yet.
New Canon RF5.2mm lens thousand 999If the EOS R5 camera from $3,899 will be available for sale. Premiere Pro, the camera and lens that received a software update will be available in December of this year.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22712126/canon-dual-fisheye-lens-eos-vr-system-price-release-date