Owner's Manual

Table Of Contents
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Figure&2& The$global$production$communities$freely$“mix$‘n$ma tc h $lenses$a n d $ca meras$
In! 2011! Canon! leveraged! the! vast! accumulation! of! experiences! in! the! broadcast! television! optics!
business!and! that! of! the!now ! firmly! established! Canon! EOS! system! to!enter!the! digital!cinema!w orld!
with!a!family!of!high-end!professional!digital!cinema!lenses!(both!primes!and!zoom s)!an d!cam eras!!the !
Canon! Cinema!EOS!system.! !This!system!was!designed!to!utilize! the!EF!m ount!!while! also! offering!the!
option! of! the! established! cinematography! PL! m ount! on! the! higher! end! products! w ithin! this! family.!!!
While!distinctly!different! in!their!respective!target!markets!both!lens-cam era!families!b enefited!greatly!
from! the ! s ha red ! te ch no log ies.! ! ! ! This! systemizatio n! offered! the ! p rod u ction ! world! grea t! fle xibilities! in!
combining!A-Cameras!with!a!range!of!choices!in!B-camera!and!C-ca mera!options.!
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Figure&3&&&&&Suggesting$the$technological$overlap$between$the$Canon$EOS$still$ photography$systems$(left$
and$center)$and$the$Canon$Cinema$EOS$motion$imaging$system$on$the$right$
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