Apple announced at WWDC 2024 that Canon is making a funky-looking new lens for its EOS R7 camera, tailor-made for creating spatial video for the Vision Pro headset. This comes alongside the new visionOS 2 update, which gives the Photos app the ability to convert 2D images into spatial ones.
Canon made a special lens for the Apple Vision Pro’s spatial videos
The new lens is designed to make shooting spatial video easier for content creators.
The new lens is designed to make shooting spatial video easier for content creators.
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This isn’t Canon’s first time making a single-purpose dual-lens array like this for its EOS line. It currently has a VR system with an RF 5.2mm f/2.8 L Dual Fisheye lens that’s compatible with the EOS R5 C, R5, and R6 Mark II. The new spatial lens is an RF-S 7.8mm f/4 STM lens, meaning it’s a lens exclusively for crop sensor bodies like the R7.
Details are still very light at this time, with neither Canon nor Apple announcing specs, pricing, or availability.
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