![]() The “cine” in the name refers to the fact that it’s a “cinema” lens with a S35 covering image circle of 31.7mm. As the name suggests it has a class leading 7x zoom range. The Canon CN7x17KASS is a 17-120mm T2.95 “cine-servo” lens. Okay: enough about money, on to the lens itself. Lens technology has moved a lot slower than cameras, but I hope we continue to see the price/size/weight drop in the coming years. In the era where the latest camera tech is redundant in 18-24 months, an investment in glass is a much more long term proposition. I’m prepared to pay for that and I charge accordingly. I’m not saying that the cost of the CN7x17 is chicken feed, but I’m a professional, I make my living out of this equipment, I need professional equipment and my clients expect it. A standard DigiBeta or XDCAM Documentary kit would have included 2 lenses like the Canon HJ22x7.6 and Canon-HJ14x4 with a price tag of $37,000 US and $35,000 US respectively. Only a few years ago s35 cinema lenses with this focal range would have been hugely expensive (not to mention just plain huge!) In the broadcast world, where I’ve been working for the last 17 years, B4 mount 2/3inch lenses were the go-to lens. Its closest competitor in specs is the Fujinon Cabrio 19-90 T2.9 and that’s listed on B&H at USD $39,800. ![]() The way I see it, at $31,000 the Canon CN7x17 is actually a bargain. Stills lenses are fine in many circumstances but all have their limitations. A lot of people in the low to mid end of this business, including many people working in broadcast TV who have made the swap to shooting on S35 digital cameras, are making do with using photographic lenses. But the plummeting cost of cameras hasn’t necessarily been matched by the price of lenses. ![]() The DSLR revolution and subsequent flood of high quality affordable cameras has drastically reduced the cost of entry to this game. B&H list it at $31,350 US and that is a significant investment for any owner operator. Which brings me to the first point a lot of people complain this lens is too expensive. I bought it with my own money – a lot of my own money. I’m not on the pay roll of Canon, they haven’t given me this lens for free, they didn’t even loan it to me for this evaluation. This article is my thoughts on this lens from the point of view of a shooter who’s been working with this lens for the last month or so. If you want that detail, I’m sure it’s out there somewhere on the web. I’m not a lens expert I don’t shoot charts or count lines of resolution. ![]() Replace or augment eyes in full 3D, including realistic gaze tracking.To call this a review of the Canon CN7x17KSA cine-servo zoom lens is probably not technically correct. Grey Shadows be gone! Use any color of the rainbow to add depth to your Lens. We’ve updated Lens Studio’s UI and added two themes to make it easier to customize and navigate.Īccess and create textures from script with Procedural Texture. In partnership with Wannaby, we’ve created a foot tracking template powered by their ML model that allows anyone to easily create Lenses that interact with your feet! Use Lens Studio’s new facial expression tracking to drive blendshapes on 3D models. Trigger effects by tracking specific coordinates on the face. Use different hand poses like open palm, closed palm, and more to trigger custom effects. Use these templates as a starting point for integrating additional models, or add your own. ![]() Replace the ground with a material and occlude objects not on the ground. Understand what’s in a scene and react to what the camera sees. Use a custom segmentation mask to apply effects to certain parts of a scene.Īttach an image to a custom detected object. What will you create?Īpply an art style to the camera feed using Machine Learning to alter the world as you see it. By adding these ML models to your Lenses, the Snapchat Camera will be even better at transforming the world around you! Not an ML developer? Don’t worry, we’ve added templates to this new version of Lens Studio so anyone can get started. With SnapML, you can now create your own Lens features with neural networks that you have trained. Today at the Snap Partner Summit we announced even more ways for creators to transform their world! You can now integrate your own machine learning models into Lens Studio with SnapML. ![]()
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