Canon RF-S7.8mm F4 STM Dual

Make your storytelling come alive with the Canon RF-S 7.8 mm f/4 STM Dual Lens, designed to revolutionize content creation in the burgeoning VR headset market. This innovative stereoscopic lens allows content creators to craft immersive 3D experiences, elevating their audience engagement beyond traditional 2D content. Capture and share your adventures, daily explorations, and memorable portraits with this cutting-edge Canon lens, offering a cost-effective solution for high-quality 3D content creation. Canon has leveraged its extensive expertise in lens manufacturing to develop a straightforward optical design that enhances image quality while reducing weight.

Unlike the complex folded optical paths used in previous models, this lens employs a simple, straight-path optical system, making it accessible to a wider range of content creators. Pair the RF-S 7.8 mm f/4 STM Dual Lens with an EOS R7 camera (firmware 1.5. 0+) to streamline your VR production process. This combination delivers a single file output, simplifying the workflow compared to traditional VR systems that require dual fisheye lenses and separate cameras. This integration saves time and effort in post-production by addressing challenges such as multi-camera positioning, lens syncing, image stitching, and audio encoding.

The Canon EOS VR System expands your creative possibilities with versatile camera and lens combinations, complemented by powerful software solutions. The EOS VR Utility and EOS VR Plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro are essential tools for VR creators, offering multiple output formats, including 3D 180 Degree, 3D Theater, and Spatial video. These formats are compatible with popular VR viewing platforms like Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro, enhancing the viewer's immersive experience. Designed for exceptional stereoscopic 3D imagery, this lens features dual 7.8 mm lenses with an interpupillary distance of 11.8 mm, closely mimicking human vision for a natural parallax effect.

With a 60-degree optical field of view, users can explore recorded scenes using compatible head-mounted displays. The lens also offers a 144-degree field of view, increasing pixel density and resolution, even in 4K Fine mode, while preventing tripods and other equipment from appearing in the shot. The RF-S 7.8 mm f/4 STM Dual Lens incorporates a gear-type stepping motor (STM) with a dual-lens autofocus mechanism, ensuring smooth and unified autofocus operation. The electronic focusing/control ring allows for precise adjustments, enhancing the lens's operability. The lens's dual optical systems feature electronically controlled apertures, offering a flexible aperture range from f/4 to f/16, providing greater exposure control in various lighting conditions.

Additionally, the lens supports a 58mm front screw thread for filters. Optimized for VR shooting, the lens's firmware includes features like metadata conversion from fisheye to equirectangular and a "Magic Window" on-screen overlay for precise framing. When paired with an EOS R7 camera, users can achieve video recordings at up to 4K 60p resolution or 7K oversampled video at 4K 30p. For remote shooting, the Canon Camera Connect app and EOS Utility software offer features such as the "Magic Window" overlay, left/right lens viewing swap, and fisheye to equirectangular preview, facilitating easy remote monitoring and recording.

Embrace the future of content creation with the Canon RF-S 7.8 mm f/4 STM Dual Lens, and transform your storytelling with unparalleled 3D depth and clarity.