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Canon’s budget-friendly 3D lens will be available in November

Canon’s RF-S7.8mm F4 STM DUAL lens attached to a Canon EOS R7 digital camera.
Canon’s budget-friendly VR lens will be available in November with an estimated retail price of $449.99. | Image: Canon

Canon has officially announced its new RF-S7.8mm F4 STM Dual lens, which features stereoscopic elements that have been squeezed into a body no larger than a traditional 2D camera lens. It was originally teased during the Apple WWDC 2024 keynote last June and is designed to work with a Canon EOS R7 as a more affordable tool for creators making 3D VR content for headsets like the Meta Quest 3 or spatial videos for the Apple Vision Pro.

The company hasn’t set a specific date for when the new 3D lens will be available, but it says it will be sometime in November 2024, with an “estimated retail price” of $449.99. That’s considerably cheaper than Canon’s existing dual-fisheye lenses designed to capture 3D video content, including the $1,999 R…

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