Canon HJ15EX8.5BKRSE-V User Manual

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HJ15

Canon Shakes the Industry with the World’s First Portable Image Stabilized HD Lens

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8.5BKRSE-V

HJ15

Main Features

New Solution for “Stable” HD Image Production

Preserving Full HDTV Optical Performance with incorporation of IS System

The nature of high definition imagery is the sensitivity to a sudden lowering of image
quality when the originating HD lens-camera system is subject to physical disturbances.
Based upon long term operational studies and extensive research Canon has successfully
developed a powerful real-time counter to the many forms of physical disturbances that can
be encountered on location shooting.

Powerful Image Stabilization for Various Environments

Throughout the entire zoom range, the Vari-angle Prism image stabilizer technology
provides real-time compensation for a wide range of disturbance frequencies to ensure
a high level of HD image stabilization. These disturbances include lens-camera jolting
associated with handheld and shoulder mounting by a camera operator who is in motion,
vibrations when tripod mounted on an unstable platform or in windblown environments,
to the higher vibration frequencies encountered when operating on vehicles, boats, and
aircraft.

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Canon introduces an important innovation in HD production portable lens,
the HJ15ex8.5B KRSE-V. This is specifically intended to extend production
flexibilities in mobile HD shooting of many forms. The lens embodies a
built-in optical image stabilization system based upon Canon’s patented
Vari-Angle Prism Image Stabilizer (VAP-IS) technology. Canon’s IS
technology has been significantly improved over an earlier system deployed
a decade ago in a standard definition lens. Rock solid imagery is ensured
when the lens-camera system is subjected to a wide range of perturbation
frequencies encountered by a camera operator who is shooting handheld
while walking, running, or operating from a motorcycle pillion, within a
moving vehicle, boat, or helicopter.

Various Stabilizing Modes

In order to optimize the image stabilization action for different shooting conditions, various
stabilization modes are selectable. Combination of two modes from each category is
available and each mode is simply set by changing the switches on the lens.

Select According
to the
Shooting Situation

Select According
to the Direction
of Disturbance

Vari-Angle Prism Image Stabilizer (VAP-IS)

Under perfect shooting conditions, light rays from a scene pass through the lens optical
system in a tightly prescribed manner. Any vibration or jolt to the lens-camera system
will deflect those light rays and produce image unsteadiness. The VAP-IS technology is
incorporated within the lens optical system to intercept such light ray perturbations and
correct their deviations in real-time. The technology to do this is based upon a flexible
optical bellows that entails two flat glass elements separated by a special liquid forming a
sealed mini-optical grouping within the overall lens element groupings. The bellow expands
and contracts when the lens is physically disturbed – and the very high refractive index
of the liquid bends the disturbed light rays in the opposite direction. This imparts a high
degree of real-time correction to the angle of the light rays, ensuring they arrive at the
image plane devoid of any unsteadiness. There is considerable science underlying this
optomechanical subsystem and some years of incremental refinements to the design that
have produced the very high performance in the new HJ15ex8.5B lens.

Light Ray

Portable mode

Tripod mode

H+V mode

V mode

Image Plane

Compensates for motion-related disturbances while
shooting shoulder mount or handheld

Effectively compensates for disturbances caused by
unsteady platform or wind.

Optimizes stabilization action when disturbance frequencies
are both horizontal and vertical

Effectively counters vertical disturbances while operationally
panning the lens-camera

Incident Ray

Without VAP-IS

Image
Shake

VAP-IS ON

Seize the Moment With Canon’s Built-in Image Stabilizing HD Portable Lens

IS-ON Switch

IS-OFF Button

HDTV Optical Performance

Vari-Angle Prism (VAP) Image Stabilizer

IS Indicator

IS Mode Change-Over Switch

•Portable Mode

•Tripod Mode

Compact Size, Light Weight

IS Effect Change-Over Switch

•H + V Mode

•V Mode

PAN Switch
(Momentary or alternatively

hold the horizontal direction
stabilization when pushed)

Enhanced Digital Drive Unit

Guided by long-term worldwide experiences and continuing market research, Canon redesigned
the Drive Unit by mobilizing the latest 3D CAD-CAM to significantly improve the human tactile
interface to the lens controls. The new design significantly improves operational control, and
introduces a dramatic reduction in physical stress during long-duration shoulder -mounted
operation. In addition, the deployment of miniature 16-bit high resolution optical Rotary Encoders
within the enhanced digital drive unit, offers the following features:

•Simple integration into virtual digital studio systems without any options.

•Superior smoothness and precision over the lens controls.

•Dynamic zoom speed range of 0.5 sec. to over a 5 min. super slow zoom.

•Precise repeatability in zoom, focus and iris control which supports the creative digital
operational functions.

•Enhanced Digital Functions such as the “Shuttle Shot”, “Frame Preset”, “Speed Preset” and
others are available.

SPECIFICATIONS

HJ15ex8.5B KRSE-V 16:9 4:3

Zoom Ratio 15

Image Size 2/3"

Built-in Extender

Range of Focal Length 8.5~128mm

Maximum Relative Aperture

35.2

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2.4

at 128mm

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at 8.5mm

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Angular Field of View

Minimum Object Distance (M.O.D) 0.8mm (10mm with Macro)

Object Dimensions at M.O.D

Object Demensions with Macro 6.6×3.7cm at 8.5mm (10mm with Macro) 6.0×4.5cm at 8.5mm (10mm with Macro)

Approx. Size W×H×L=170.2×119.1×239.1mm

Approx. Mass 1.99Kg (4.37lbs)

58.9

4.3

95.8×53.9cm at 8.5mm

6.4×3.6cm at 128mm

1:2.5 at 8.5~68mm

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–

1:4.7 at 128mm

42.4

54.7

3.9

87.4×65.6cm at 8.5mm

5.8×4.4cm at 128mm

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3.0

at 128mm

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at 8.5mm

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FFM-100 Flex Focus Module

FFM-200 Flex Dual Module

FC-40 Flex Cable

FFC-200 Flex Focus Controller

FZC-100 Flex Zoom Controller

FPM-420D Focus Positional Servo Module

FPD-400D Focus Positional Demand

ZSD-300D Zoom Servo Demand

ZSG-200M Zoom Servo Grip

CR-10 Clamper

EC-80 Zoom Extension Cable (8P)

DIMENSIONS

239.1

IS EFFECT
CHANGE-OVER SWITCH

IS INDICATOR

MACRO BUTTON

48±0.03

(in air)

ZOOM SPEED VOLUME VTR SWITCH

INDEX MARK

INFORMATION DISPLAY On/Off SWITCH

INFORMATION DISPLAY

DIGITAL FUNCTION SELECTOR

AUX1 SWITCH

85.0

HOOD

North & South America
Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Broadcast & Communications Div.(Headquarters)
65 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660
Tel:[phone]
Fax:[phone]
Email:[e-mail]
http://www.canonbroadcast.com/

Chicago

100 Park Blvd. Itasca, IL 60143
Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]

Atlanta

5625 Oakbrook Pkwy. Norcross, GA 30093
Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]

Los Angeles

15955 Alton Parkway lrvine, CA 92618
Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]

CONNECTOR FOR
REMOTE ZOOM CONTROL(8PIN)

CONNECTOR FOR ZOOM REMOTE
& FOCUS REMOTE & VIRTUAL UNIT(20PIN)

CONNECTOR FOR ZOOM REMOTE
& FOCUS REMOTE UNIT(20PIN)

http://www.canon.com/bctv

PAN SWITCH

ZOOM OPERATION
CHANGE-OVER KNOB

ZOOM LEVER

Dallas

3200 Regent Blvd. lrving, TX 75063
Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]

Latin America

Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]

Canada
Canon Canada, Inc.

Broadcast and Communications Div.
6390 Dixie Road
Mississauga, Ontario, L5T 1P7, Canada
Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]

Europe/Africa/Middle East
Canon Europa N.V.

Broadcast and Communications Div.
Bovenkerkerweg 59-61
1185 XB Amstelveen
Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]
Email:[e-mail]
http://www.canon-europe.com/tv-products

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IMAGE PLANE

IS MODE
CHANGE-OVER SWITCH

Australia
Canon Australia Pty. Ltd.

Optical Products Division
1 Thomas Holt Drive, North Ryde, NSW 2113,
Australia
Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]

Distributed by

35.662.3

119.1

11555.2

170.2

Asia/Japan
Canon Inc.

(Broadcast Equipment Group)

23-10, Kiyohara-Kogyo-Danchi, Utsunomiya-shi,
Tochigi-ken, 321-3298, Japan
Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]
http://www.canon.com/bctv

Specifications subject to change without notice.

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