The RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z won’t be the last RF PowerZoom lens

[Canon Rumors Guy]

Canon announced the RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z last week with a lot of fanfare. With that lens came two PowerZoom accessories, the PZ-E2 and PZ-E2B. The latter utilizes the 20pin port with allows it to work with compatible Canon cinema and broadcast accessories. Over the weekend we were told that the RF 24-105mm

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[neuroanatomist]

No surprise that there would be more lenses with the Z designation. Interested to see what this rumored superzoom turns out to be.

 

[cannonfodder]

What about adding it to some of the prime lenses?

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Canon stated that it would be the first in a series.
Of course, that it contingent on how well it sells.
Now please get to rumoring on what those other lenses will be.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

What about adding it to some of the prime lenses?

I do think there will be some hybrid prime lenses.

 

[bbasiaga]

Fits pretty well with the 70-200 internal zoom rumor a few weeks ago. I wonder how much heavier it will be than the EF vIII?

Brian

 

[Finn]

No surprise that there would be more lenses with the Z designation. Interested to see what this rumored superzoom turns out to be.

24/28-300 f/2.8-5.6 please, Canon.

 

[diegopisante]

I wish the zoom motor to be internal, it would be fantastic to control it with the gimbal dial.
Hope will have some way to control it on the gimbal as a one-man crew.

 

[P-visie]

I do think there will be some hybrid prime lenses.

Do you mean:

• No (or small amount of) focus breathing
• Internal focus
• Focus ring with gearing for focus pulling
• Aperture ring on the lens
• Silent focus motor

 

[SebastiaoSal]

How about a 100-300 F/2.8-4L?

 

[Quackator]

First of all the price for the zoom adapter needs to go down.
The adapter for the big broadccast lenses was/is below 500 quid.
Those two new ones are way overpriced.

 

[Maximilian]

Somehow this sounds like Canon is trying to get more videogs into the R system instead of the competition as the dedicated cine line-up seems to be too expensive.
Could this a plan that those two should merge closer together?
OTOH, it still seems quite expensive...
For me the portability is more important, size and weight. But it seems that Canon has already addressed that segment well enough in their opinion with the existing line-up of RF lenses.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Do you mean:

• No (or small amount of) focus breathing
• Internal focus
• Focus ring with gearing for focus pulling
• Aperture ring on the lens
• Silent focus motor

That is exactly what I mean.
IS would be a bonus.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

I wish the zoom motor to be internal, it would be fantastic to control it with the gimbal dial.
Hope will have some way to control it on the gimbal as a one-man crew.

All of the existing controllers should work with the 20-pin adapter.
I have no idea what they are planning with the USB-C connector.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Could this a plan that those two should merge closer together?

That is what the R5 C is.
Canon stated that it was just the start.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

For me the portability is more important, size and weight.

That seems to be the way Sony is going.
Canon seems to be way more serious about video but I do not think they should just cede small and light to Sony.

 

[Fischer]

Please, please let it be a 300mm f/2.8...

 

[bf]

Glass half full for the photographers and casual videographers aka content creators is they can avoid paying for the 1K gadget till it's cheaper or needed.
Looking at both C of R5C & Z attributes, my impression is Canon is trying to repurpose their photo gear to a more seriouse video gear but not quite there for a co-existing workhorses. In a bigger picture, they are planing for tiktok vs. Instagram kind of scenario.

I still think there are too many letters on such products; could be an indication of several sub group hierarchy they have in their company.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

Please, please let it be a 300mm f/2.8...

I don’t think we’ll be seeing if white primes from Canon any time soon
The tech and sharpness are already maxxed out. Canon’s only option is to develop them into zooms instead.

 

[RobbieHat]

Can’t remember if the 200-500mm was a rumor or pre-announcement. That could be the super zoom but that would be pretty long for a videographer I assume.