CANON’S COMPACT DIGISUPER 22xs HDTV LENSES
PROVIDE STUDIO PERFORMANCE FOR PORTABLE CAMERAS
WFTV’s HDTV News Studio Upgrade Includes Three Canon
XJ22x7.3B IE-D Lenses
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 18, 2006 -- As increasing numbers
of television viewers purchase high definition (HD) TVs, broadcasters
are responding by upgrading their facilities for HDTV program
production and broadcasting. Cox Broadcasting’s WFTV, the
ABC affiliate in Orlando, recently purchased three Canon DIGISUPER
22xs Compact HD Studio Lenses (model XJ22x7.3B IE-D) for their
news studio. The Canon DIGISUPER 22xs Compact HD Studio Lens
is an entirely new lens category that allows users to configure
more cost-effective HD studio camera systems.
“WFTV is transitioning to HDTV for its studio newscasts,” notes
Sterling Davis, vice president of engineering at Cox Broadcasting. “In
a market that’s heavily cabled with HD capacity, Orlando’s
WFTV is the first of Cox’s stations to begin the transition
to HDTV and has received many positive emails and phone calls
about its HDTV telecasts.”
“The age of HDTV has arrived, and Canon has designed the
DIGISUPER 22xs Compact HD Studio Lens for those stations that
wish to use portable HD cameras in the studio,” explains
Gordon Tubbs, assistant director of the Broadcast and Communications
division at Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc. “The
DIGISUPER 22xs Compact HD Studio Lens provides top-quality ‘box
lens’ optical performance in a form factor sized appropriately
to portable HD cameras configured for studio operation. The DIGISUPER
22xs Compact HD Studio Lens exceeds the image quality of any
portable HD lens at a very economical price point. It’s
the best of both worlds.”
The DIGISUPER 22xs Compact HD Studio Lens is a high-end optical
system squarely based upon classic studio lens design principles
but carefully constrained to a physical size and weight commensurate
with that of contemporary portable production cameras (which
typically weigh in at about 15 lbs.). A wide 105mm input optical
port and novel new optical design has produced a high sensitivity,
high contrast, and optimized uniformity of brightness across
the image plane that is truly impressive for such a compact lens.
Weighing in at 13.4 lbs., the lens is only a third the weight
of a typical HD studio box lens. The DIGISUPER 22xs Compact HD
Studio Lens is ideal for broadcasters and producers who require
a high-performance but cost-effective, compact HD studio lens-camera
package that can be supported on a modest-size pedestal or sturdy
tripod system. Such a low-weight combination is also ideal for
robotic system applications.
WFTV’s purchase of three DIGISUPER 22xs Compact HD Studio
Lenses is part of the station’s historic transition to
HD broadcasting, which also included construction of a redesigned
newsroom set and the purchase of new HD cameras and HD news and
weather graphics systems. WFTV began broadcasting in HD in June
and is the first Cox station to transition to HDTV.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging
solutions. The Company is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies
in America and is rated #35 on the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its
parent company Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) is a top patent holder of technology,
ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2005, with global revenues of $31.8 billion.
For more information, visit www.usa.canon.com.
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