MELVILLE, N.Y. — NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, announced on Wednesday that Canon U.S.A. was selected to provide a wide variety of HDTV field, portable and studio lenses for its production of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, which takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Aug. 5 — Aug. 21.
More than 70 Canon broadcast lenses will be used during coverage, including the DIGISUPER 95 TELE long-zoom field lens featuring a focal length of 1178mm (2356mm with 2x extender); the DIGISUPER 27 studio lens; the HJI4ex4.3B wide-angle HD lens that captures a panoramic 96.3° angle-of-view; and the HJ24ex7.5B HDTV field telephoto zoom lens, providing 7.5-180mm zoom range in a compact, portable body.
“We are honored to once again be chosen as the lens provider for NBC,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon U.S.A.
“The lenses that Canon provides are an essential component to the visual system that captures the excitement and the emotion of the Games,” said Christopher Adams, vice president venue engineering, Olympics production engineering, NBC Sports Group.
