The Professional's Source Since 1973
  • Help
Ask Our Experts800.606.6969
Hello, Log InAccount & Orders
Video Chat with a Pro Video Expert - Live

Canon CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 LF Cinema EOS Zoom Lens (PL Mount)

BH #CAE45135PL • MFR #5915C002
Print
Canon CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 LF Cinema EOS Zoom Lens (PL Mount)
Key Features
  • Covers up to Full-Frame Sensor Size
  • T2.4 Constant Aperture, 11-Blade Iris
  • PL Mount with Cooke i/ Metadata
  • Canon EOS Cinema Color-Matching
Expand your Canon cine-style lens choices with the full-frame CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 LF Cinema EOS Flex Zoom Lens. This PL-mount lens is color matched to the rest of the EOS cine line, featuring a warm look with natural skin tones and accurate color rendition. The 45-135mm Flex Zoom and its 20-50mm counterpart both boast a fast T2.4 maximum aperture across their entire focal ranges, enabling low-light capture with the ease of a zoom lens.
More Details
Special Order
Expected availability: 7-14 Business Days
$21,999.00
  • This item cannot be canceled or returned.
Free Standard Shipping
Protect Your Gear
Add a protection plan from $2,115.99
Ask an Expert
800.606.6969

Canon Cinema Flex Zoom CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 Overview

By B&H Photo's

Expand your Canon cine-style lens choices with the full-frame CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 LF Cinema EOS Flex Zoom Lens. This PL-mount lens is color matched to the rest of the EOS cine line, featuring a warm look with natural skin tones and accurate color rendition. The 45-135mm Flex Zoom and its 20-50mm counterpart both boast a fast T2.4 maximum aperture across their entire focal ranges, enabling low-light capture with the ease of a zoom lens.

Interchangeable EF and PL lens mounts make it easy to use the Flex zooms with a variety of cine-style cameras. Coated glass elements reduce chromatic aberration and block flares and ghosting, making this 3x zoom ideal for 4K to 8K cine-style HDR capture. An 11-blade iris produces soft, cinematic bokeh, and consistent .08-MOD gear placement and front diameter size suit the Flex zooms for use with industry-standard matte boxes and accessories. This PL-mount lens features Cooke i/ metadata display and pass-through, enabling you to record information that is crucial to FX and post-production conforming.

8K Optical Performance
These zoom lenses produce the warm color balance and beautiful skin tones that are consistent across the Canon cinema line. Each lens is ideal for 4K-8K HDR capture with a tonal range that reproduces natural-looking images with reduced chromatic aberration and minimal flaring and ghosting.
Constant T2.4 Throughout Range
A constant T2.4 maximum aperture enables low-light capture throughout both the 45-135mm and the 20-50mm zooms' entire focal length range.
Full-Frame Sensor Coverage
The Flex Zooms cover full-frame cinema camera sensors and are ideal for creating nuanced images with bokeh and shallow depth-of-field looks.
Natural Bokeh
An 11-blade aperture creates natural-looking bokeh across the minimum to maximum aperture range and a gently diffused look when capturing subjects with a bright glow.
Interchangeable Mounts
The interchangeable-mount Flex zooms offer both Canon EF and ARRI PL mount options, enabling you to use them with a wide array of cine-style cameras.
Cine-Style Form
Consistent gear placement, front-diameter size, and gear rotation ranges make it easy to switch between the 20-50 and 45-135mm Flex Zooms. Industry-standard 0.8MOD gear rings, luminous focus marks, and a durable build make these compact zooms easy with which to work.
Advanced Metadata Support
Compatibility with Cooke i/ metadata standards enables you to view and record lens metadata like focal length, focus distance, T-stop, and advanced functions like aberration and peripheral illumination correction.
UPC: 013803354287

Canon Cinema Flex Zoom CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 Specs

Key Specs
Focal Length
45 to 135mm
Maximum Aperture
T2.4
Lens Mount
ARRI PL
Lens Format Coverage
Full Frame
Filter Thread
No
Image Stabilization
No
Electronic Communication
Yes
Maximum Aperture
T2.4
Lens Mount
ARRI PL
Interchangeable Mount
Yes
Lens Format Coverage
Full Frame
Image Circle
Not Specified by Manufacturer
Focus Scales
Imperial, Metric
Filter Thread
No
Zoom Ratio
3x
Minimum Focus Distance
From Camera Sensor: 3.3' / 1 m
Diaphragm Blades
11
Image Stabilization
No
Gear Standard
0.8 MOD / 32 Pitch
Gear Rotation
Focus: 300°
Electronic Communication
Yes
Camera Connection
1 x LEMO 4-Pin (Cooke /i Technology Lens Data) Data
Diameter
Front: 4.5" / 114 mm
Length
9.4" / 23.9 cm
Weight
7.5 lb / 3.4 kg
Packaging Info
Package Weight
13.315 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
20.9 x 14.5 x 13.4"

Canon Cinema Flex Zoom CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 Reviews

See any errors on this page? Let us know

Is this lens compatible with a Sony FX9?

Is this lens compatible with a Sony FX9?
Asked by: evan
Yes, the Canon CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 LF Cinema EOS Zoom Lens (PL Mount) would work. However you would have to add a PL lens mount adapter. Wooden Camera PL to Sony E Mount Pro Adapter BH #WO233400
Answered by: Chris H
Date published: 2023-06-22

Does Canon encodes the distortion data as well? ...

Does Canon encodes the distortion data as well? Is it XD lens data?
Asked by: Philipp
Quoting the canon page on the lens data for the Canon CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 LF Cinema EOS Zoom Lens , "The Flex Zoom series lenses are compliant with a wide range of communication standards thanks to the versatile lens-to-camera communication function including Cooke /i Technology™ (PL mount) and EF mount. This will enable you to display or record lens metadata as well as utilize camera functions such as aberration correction, peripheral illumination correction and focus guide function with compatible cameras."
Answered by: Jonathan S
Date published: 2023-09-04
  • y_2025, m_2, d_14, h_8CST
  • bvseo_bulk, prod_bvqa, vn_bulk_3.0.42
  • cp_1, bvpage1
  • co_hasquestionsanswers, tq_2
  • loc_en_US, sid_1700955, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=HAS_STAFF_ANSWERS, direction=DESCENDING)]
  • clientName_bhphotovideo