Download Canon EOS Virtual Reality System White Paper

Download Canon EOS VR System White Paper PDF

Version 1.0 (Dec 2021)  

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Table of Contents 

Background

• What is Virtual Reality?
• Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality vs Mixed Reality
• 360° VR vs 180° VR
• Monoscopic vs Stereoscopic
• 6 3-degrees vs 6-degrees of freedom
• Benefits of Virtual Reality
• Challenges of ‘traditional’ VR capture

Canon EOS VR SYSTEM

• Benefits of the EOS VR SYSTEM
• Compatible camera
• RF 5.2mm F2.8L DUAL FISHEYE lens
• L-series build and weather resistance*
• RF mount and lens design concept
• Advance optical design
• Lens is visible in DCI recording
• Strongest 3D effect
• High Image Quality
• 2 x UD elements per lens
• MTF Graph
• Subwavelength Structure Coating (SWC)
• Fluorine coating — easy maintenance

Exposure Control

• Dual Electro-magnetic diaphragms (EMDs)
• Rear mounted gelatin filter holder
• f/2.8 — Great low light performance
• Automatic Exposure

Manual Focusing Only

• Focus Peaking
• Dual Pixel Focus Guide
• Lens focus difference adjustment

Basic Shooting guidelines

• Clean the lenses
• Level and stable?
• Focusing:
• Exposure:
• Monitoring the output: Audio
• Ambisonic microphones

Supported File Types — EOS VR Utility

Equirectangular Projection

VR Imaging process with the RF 5.2mm F2.8L DUAL FISHEYE lens

• The conversion process – EOS VR Utility
• 8k DCI vs 8K UHD capture and conversion views

Canon EOS VR Software

• Post-Production Workflow
• Recommended computer specifications, or better:
• EOS VR Utility
• Edit options:
• Correction options:
• Export:
• EOS VR Utility benefits:
• EOS VR Plug-in for Adobe Premier Pro*
• Subscription service

Remote Capture

• EOS Utility (Win/Mac)
• Camera Connect App (iOS / iPad OS / Android)

APPENDIX
Specifications – RF 5.2mm F2.8L DUAL FISHEYE

Simplifying stereoscopic 180° VR capture of video and stills