New Enhanced Digital Drive

With the new Canon e-HDXS and e-IFXS series lenses you no longer need a notebook to record all the settings that you've made.

With the new Canon e-HDXS and e-IFXS series lenses you no longer need a notebook to record all the settings that you've made. It's all done for you with the new LCD information display... helping you to see more clearly what your settings are at any particular point in time. With this new display and joystick digital function selector, you'll be able to programme the lens to suit your own requirements with a new found ease and precision. Here, you have a valuable new tool for making settings; and for enabling or disabling settings in the memory via ON/OFF switches. Those of you who have already experienced the DIGITALDRIVE features on the ENG/EFP lenses which preceded the new e-HDXS and e-IFXS series will know the advantages of being able to customize basic lens operations such as zooming, focus and framing for the shoots you are working on via a single memory button. And, if you've been using the J17aX7.7B you will have experienced the additional Zoom Track function which allows you to adjust the electronic focal length to a chosen range by memorizing tele and wide end zoom positions. All these features have been retained with the new e-HDXS and e-IFXS series lenses. But there's more. A whole lot more!

New focus preset (IASD version only).
There's a new Focus Preset function which can be used on its own or in combination with a Preset Zoom function.

A facility for setting precise zoom and focus curves (IASD version only) Precision settings for zoom and focus curve CHARACTERISTICS (mode) can be made to match your requirements. For example, the zoom speed characteristic can be changed in response to the amount by which the zoom seesaw switch is pushed in.

Inter changeability of functions with switches
All the e-IFXS lenses have new AUX1 and AUX2 switches which serve to extend user-defined functions. These switches are factory allocated with Shuttle and Frame Preset functions; and the Return and VTR switches are also factory allocated with their respective functions. Now, however, using the selector and display, you can relocate these functions to any of the above switches - if you so wish.

Up to TEN users of the same lens can store their ownindividual settings
There's nothing worse than someone coming along to use the same lens on which you have entered your settings in the memory only for them to change them all! Now there's room for everybody to store their own settings - with TEN different places in the memory. A User Selection symbol is shown on the Information Display. And by using the Digital Function Selector, it's a simple matter for different people who are using the lens to customize their settings. Moreover, the settings which are established for one user can be copied to another AND EVEN TO ANOTHER LENS.

Once you get your hands on one of the new e-series lenses you'll see just how much easier life can be with the display screen and function selector. As with the previous Digital Drive, you can read and control the lens parameters by linking the lens to a PC with the appropriate software and carry out remote control and diagnosis. And with an adaptor cable, you can make use of Studio/Field digital lens controllers - whilst still retaining use of the lens's digital features.

Manual Enhanced Digital Drive

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