Canon EF Lens Mount
Motion control system for Canon EF-mount lenses. Allows for remote and automated, control of Canon (and third party) EF-mount lenses.

Proven compatibility with hundreds of lenses. Highly accurate and repeatable; remote and automated control of aperture and focus. Servo focus with 60 position updates per second. Supported by many major machine vision camera OEMs.

Birger started it's journey with the Canon EF platform in 1999. Orignal product in foreground. The Birger RD-EF1 platform is now not recommended for new designs.

This extensive legacy, and widespread compatibility with EF lenses is captured with our new birgerCTRL for Canon RF product, when combined with the Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS R, pictured in the background. Make a seamless transition from EF to RF using birgerCTRL for Canon RF.

Technical information:
rd-ef1-x-x.pdf
Canon EF-232 Library User Manual 1.4 (pdf)

Camera specific adaptations (shown without cable):
C-mount: rd-ef1-cm0-x.pdf
Dalsa Genie (M42 x 1.0): rd-ef1-dg2-x.pdf
SVS-Vistek (M58 x 0.75): rd-ef1-sv1-x.pdf
T2-mount (M42 x 0.75): rd-ef1-tm0-x.pdf
TFL-II (M48 x 0.75): rd-ef1-tt0-x.pdf

Products currently available for purchase:
Product & Price List


Canon EF-232 Lens Library Download:
for Hardware Rev 4; Bootloader v45, v46
Canon EF-232 Library 25f
Canon EF-232 Library 25d
Canon EF-232 Library 25b
Canon EF-232 Library 25a
Canon EF-232 Library 24a

for Hardware Rev 4; Bootloader v45
Canon EF-232 Library 22b

for Hardware Rev 4; Bootloader v44
Canon EF-232 Library 19d
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