.Canon has actually published patents for 5 new lenses in Japan. The licenses were 1st submitted to the Oriental License Office in January 2023 and also officially released today.
Wide-angle zooms.
Two of Canon's newly released patents are for what are called compact wide-angle zoom lenses. The lens cover the zoom stables of 15-28 mm and also 17-30 mm. Each lenses additionally have a steady broad max eye of f/2.8. Canon presently helps make 14-35 mm f/4 IS and 15-35 mm f/2.8 is actually lens in its own L-Series along with identical focal length ranges. Offered Canon's use of the phrase "small" to define these lens, it could be that the patents are going to give much smaller or lighter lens.
Patent for a 17-30mm f/2.8 lens. Image politeness: Canon.
Telephoto zooms.
Canon's three other brand new licenses all relate to telephoto zoom lenses. The patents deal with lens with the focal span stables of 70-300 mm, 300-600 mm and 400-600 mm. As with the wide-angle zoom patents, the telephoto zoom lenses are actually created to have a compact style. The 70-300 mm lense possesses a continuous optimum eye of f/4. Having said that, the other two lenses are actually revealed as having variable f/2.8 -4.5 max eyes.
Patent for a 300-600mm f/2.8 -4.5 lens. Graphic courtesy: Canon.
Lens installs.
The patents deal with the optical layout of the lenses and don't signify the lens install. Nonetheless, the best probably option would certainly be actually Canon's RF mount. Moreover, Kengo Iezuka, who supervises organizing lenses at Canon, offered a meeting concerning RF lens lately. During the course of the meeting, Iezuka mentioned, "There are actually still several lenses that have certainly not been actually discharged to the globe. I can not refer to the specifics, however there are lenses with fundamental specs, and lenses along with specs that have actually never ever been actually found before which no one can visualize yet.".
What our company think.
Till lately, Canon has actually stopped various other manufacturers coming from making radio frequency mount lenses. Now the business is actually beginning to open the market to other lens producers, Canon needs to have to always keep innovating. The new patents show that Library is striving to establish amazing brand-new lens for its own radio frequency install electronic cameras. Nevertheless, as constantly, where licenses are actually worried, it's likewise necessary to keep in mind that the procedure is carried out largely to guard technological advancement. The sign up of a patent does not always lead to an item concerning market.