Canon Uhdgc 2/3-inch Portable Zoom Lenses 4k Uhd Broadcast Cameras Introduction Date [top] -

If you see an ENG camera at a football game or a news crew on a street corner shooting in 4K today, the lineage of the glass on the front almost certainly traces back to the Canon UHDgc announcement of late summer 2015.

For nearly two decades, broadcast television lived in the 1080i era. But by mid-2015, the industry was at a tipping point. 4K Ultra HD was no longer a futuristic concept for nature documentaries; major broadcasters and live production houses were demanding a pipeline to future-proof their electronic news gathering (ENG) and field production workflows. If you see an ENG camera at a

"It's not just about pixel count," said Larry Thorpe, then National Marketing Director for Canon's Broadcast & Communications division, at the launch press event. "A 4K camera without a 4K lens is a sports car on flat tires. The UHDgc series ensures that every photon that hits the sensor is worthy of the UHD transmission path." 4K Ultra HD was no longer a futuristic

The problem? The optics.