Canon DIGISUPER 100 XS BROCHURE

XJ100x 9.3B IE-D 9.3-930mm 1:1.7

The Most Spectacular Advancement
In Field Lens Technology-with
Incredible Zoom Ratio and Image
Stabilizer

XJ100x 9.3B IE-D 9.3-930mm 1:1.7

Canon has always been the pioneer in the history of broadcast lens design. And now, Canon launches the first broadcast 100x
zoom lens, named the DIGISUPER 100xs, the world’s first triple digit zoom lens. Triple digit zoom lens performance was a
barrier that was never expected to be broken, and it took Canon’s unique technology to make it happen.
The DIGISUPER 100xs is the highest quality DIGISUPER series lens produced to date. With the advancement of Digital
terrestrial broadcasting and satellite broadcasting, the market is requiring a dramatic increase in sports and large event
programming. In order to acquire the largest audiences possible in this diversifying industry, it will be necessary to create more
realistic and powerful pictures and the DIGISUPER 100xs will surely meet all your demands.

: The letters " " come from the word "Excess", an indication that the new generation of lenses exceeds all
conventional lens specifications and concepts by using breakthrough technologies. allows for higher specification lenses
in smaller and lighter packages. Knowing the requirements for HDTV, Canon has developed the DIGISUPER 100xs to meet and
exceed those demanding performance specifications. Further enhancing the DIGISUPER 100xs series is Canon’s latest built-in
stabilization method, Shift-IS, a standard feature of both lenses.

Optical Performance with a 100x
Zoom Ratio

The DIGISUPER 100xs is a powerful field
lens that utilizes Canon’s unique optical design
concept, the “Power Optical System” with
“ -Element”. By adopting this concept and
advanced technology, The DIGISUPER 100xs
has improved the range of focal length from

9.3mm-930mm and also has succeeded in
compensating the chromatic aberration to a
very high accuracy.
The superior optical capacity also allows the
lens to offer a maximum relative aperture of 1.7
and a minimum object distance of 3.0 meters.
Moreover, the DIGISUPER100xs is almost
the same size and weight as the DIGISUPER
86xs. Canon considers that, no matter how
prominent the specifications, if the lens is huge
and massive, it is meaningless as a production
tool.

-Element & POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM

Canon has developed this breakthrough optical
design concept using a newly developed optical
element in the most effective way.
We have named the new design concept the
"Power Optical System" which achieves higher
specifications and quality using the new optical
" -Element" which virtually eliminates
aberrations.

"CAFS" Constant Angle Focusing System

The zooming effect of focus is the phenomena
where the picture size (angle of view) changes
when focusing (breathing). However, a 32bit
CPU calculates and controls the zoom when
focusing in order to counteract these phenomena.
Thus the DIGISUPER 100xs have ZERO
zooming effect of focus throughout the whole
zoom range.

CROSSOVER COMPATIBILITY

Available optionally is the dual aspect ratio
switching system, "CROSSOVER", for
switchable 16:9/4:3 cameras.

Superior Image Stabilizer

The history of field lenses is a history of zoom
ratio/focal length extension. It came to a point
where the industry thought it would be
impossible to push the envelope any further.
The telephoto focal lengths of the lens got so
long that even the slightest amount of wind or
operator movement would cause image shake
and viewing the picture became intolerable,
this was before Canon announced the incredible
magnification DIGISUPER 86xs zoom lens in

2000. Canon, renowned for its optical image
stabilization technologies, developed another
new superior stabilization solution for the
broadcast field lens, a built-in Optical Shift
Image Stabilizer (Shift-IS) to overcome image
shaking at telephoto focal length. Now the Shift-

IS is employed in the DIGISUPER 100xs.

Image Stabilizer

How the Optical Shift Image Stabilizer (Shift-IS) Works

When the lens moves, the light rays from the subject are bent relative to the optical axis, resulting in
an unsteady image because the light rays are deflected. By shifting the IS lens group on a plane
perpendicular to the optical axis to counter the degree of image shake, the light rays reaching the
image plane can be steadied. Since image shake occurs in both horizontal and vertical directions, two
shake-detecting sensors for yaw and pitch, detect the angle and speed of movement and send this
information to a high-speed 32-bit microcomputer, which converts the information into drive signals
for the IS lens group. Then the actuator moves the IS lens group horizontally and vertically thus
counteracting the image shake and maintaining the stable picture. The Shift-IS component is located
within the lens groups and is most effective for lower frequency movements caused by platform
vibration or wind effect without increasing the overall size and weight of the master lens.

1.Lens when still.

To Subject

2.Lens when jerked downward.

3.Counteraction by IS lens group.

Corrected light rays

Position of IS lens group
after shifting

Image plane

Camera
shake