Canon CN-E 14mm T3.1 FP X Lens (PL Mount)

Canon CN-E14mm T3.1 FP X PL Mount Lens offer spectacular optical performance for demanding high-end productions. Sumire, pronounced Soo-mee-ray, is the name of a Japanese flower, and like the petals of a flower, our lenses are most beautiful when fully opened. This is the inspiration behind the Sumire look.

Leveraging Canons heritage of optical excellence, the Surmire prime lenses offer new imaging capabilities for those working in the cinema industry. Devoted to detail, they feature a large-diameter aspheric element and anomalous dispersion glass, offering a delicate, velvety nuance when the aperture approaches its maximum setting during shooting. This unique optical design results in solid and natural image rendering, bringing impressive image quality and warmer tones to cinema productions. Supporting an 11-blade iris, all the lenses feature precise manual control, providing cinematographers with richer levels of rounded bokeh for better impression of subjects and softer rays of light-perfect for creating intimate shots that direct the viewers attention to specific details.

Thanks to their large lens diameter, a brighter T-number is possible, making these lenses an ideal choice for filming in challenging low-light scenes as well as capturing the scene with a distinctive shallow depth of field – where ambience and atmosphere is essential.

Carefully designed for reliability and consistency
The Sumire Prime series lenses inherit the same subtle, warm colour tone as Canons full Cinema lens range. Such compatibility makes it easier for cinematographers to interchange lenses on a production without affecting colour tone. When shooting on busy sets, this unity reduces the need for time-intensive post-grading ensuring consistency across shots no matter what lens is used. All seven Surmire prime lenses adopt the 0.8 pitch lens gears for both iris and focus rings and are positioned consistently on the lens. In addition to this, the lenses have the same front diameter, eliminating the need to adjust rigging accessories when replacing lenses. All lenses also have carefully developed focus resistance enabling delicate and fine focus adjustments which can be made over a 300-degree rotation angle. Cinematographers can rely on dependable framing when composing shots as the lenses control focus breathing, combating the perspective variation that sometimes arises when refocusing to another subject.